Back with a bang! Lehecka upsets Medvedev in Cincinnati

Czech Jiri Lehecka advanced to the last 16 of the Cincinnati Masters with an upset win over Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 4 seed, on Wednesday evening.

Playing his first tournament since Madrid due to a back injury, Lehecka won 7-6 (2), 6-4 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati. This was his third top-five win of the season and his second over Medvedev in 2024.

The world No 35 meets American Frances Tiafoe next. Lehecka defeated Argentinian Mariano Navone (7-6 (3), 6-3) in the first round of the tournament and now improves to 11-3 in Masters 1000 events this year.

Medvedev, a former champion here, also lost his opening match in Montreal last week to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, which puts him on a three-match losing streak on the ATP Tour.

Cincinnati Masters 1000, other second-round matches (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 6.795.555, most recent results first):

• Jordan Thompson beat Sebastian Baez: 6-2, 6-4
• Frances Tiafoe beat Lorenzo Musetti (14): 6-3, 6-2
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Alex Michelsen (Q): 6-4, 7-5
• Casper Ruud vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Gael Monfils vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Holger Rune vs. Nuno Borges
• Ben Shelton vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Jack Draper vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Arthur Fils
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Max Purcell vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Andrey Rublev
• Luciano Darderi vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Alexander Zverev vs. Karen Khachanov

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