Cincinnati Masters: Cobolli books spot in last 16

Flavio Cobolli advanced to the last 16 of the Cincinnati Masters when Luciano Darderi retired at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Thursday evening.

Cobolli, ranked No 31, led 7-6 (4), 3-1 when Darderi, ranked No 34, pulled out at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Thursday evening.

Flavio Cobolli will face the winner of the match between Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 5 seed, and Japanese qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka next.

Ahead of his victory, Cobolli edged out American Tommy Paul, the No 10 seed (6-2, 4-6, 7-5).

Luciano Darderi won against Chilean Alejandro Tabilo (6-3, 7-6 (5)) in the previous round of the Cincy Open.

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

• 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
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Yoshihito Nishioka: thursday
• Alexander Zverev vs. Karen Khachanov: thursday
• Jiri Lehecka beat Daniil Medvedev (4): 7-6 (2), 6-4
• 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