Cincinnati Masters: Pablo Carreno Busta won against Purcell

Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta moved into the last 16 of the Cincinnati Masters by beating Australian wildcard Max Purcell 6-3, 6-3 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Thursday evening.

Pablo Carreno Busta will play German Alexander Zverev, the No 3 seed, next.

The 33-year-old Spaniard won against American Sebastian Korda, the No 16 seed (7-5, 6-1) in the previous round of the Cincy Open.

In the first round of the Cincy Open, Purcell, ranked No 68, won against Tomas Machac (6-4, 7-6 (1)).

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
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Andrey Rublev
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Grigor Dimitrov: thursday
• Hubert Hurkacz (5) beat Yoshihito Nishioka (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Flavio Cobolli beat Luciano Darderi: 7-6 (4), 3-1 ret.
• Alexander Zverev beat Karen Khachanov: 6-3, 6-2
• 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