Auger-Aliassime once again gets the best of Ruud, this time in Cincinnati
Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Casper Ruud in easy straight sets on Friday in Cincinnati. Auger-Aliassime will go up against Jack Draper in the next round.
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Felix Auger-Aliassime made quick work of Casper Ruud, the No 7 seed, 6-3, 6-1 to move into the last 16 of the Western & Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Friday afternoon. These two players also squared off in the quarter-finals of the Paris Olympics, where the Canadian prevailed in three sets.
Auger-Aliassime, ranked No 19, will face Jack Draper next. It will also be on Friday, as the Auger-Aliassime vs Ruud match had been scheduled for Thursday but was postponed by rain.
Auger-Aliassime defeated American qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic (6-3, 6-1) ahead of his victory.
Cincinnati Masters 1000, other second-round results (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 6.795.555, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils beat Carlos Alcaraz (2): 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Holger Rune (15) beat Nuno Borges (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (8)
- Jack Draper beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (9): 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Ben Shelton (12) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-7 (6), 7-6 (7), 6-3
- Brandon Nakashima (WC) beat Arthur Fils: 7-5, 7-6 (3)
- Andrey Rublev (6) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-4, 6-3
- Fabian Marozsan beat Grigor Dimitrov (8): 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Pablo Carreno Busta beat Max Purcell (WC): 6-3, 6-3
- 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 (3) 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
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