Auger-Aliassime surges into Cincinnati Masters second round
Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Aleksandar Kovacevic in straight sets on Wednesday in Cincinnati, where he now awaits recent foe Casper Ruud.
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Felix Auger-Aliassime made quick 6-3, 6-1 work of American qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic to advance to the second round of the Western & Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Wednesday afternoon.
Auger-Aliassime, ranked No 19, will face No 7 seed Casper Ruud on Thursday. The Canadian just recently upset Ruud at the Paris Olympics.
Cincinnati Masters 1000, other first-round results:
- Arthur Fils beat Brandon Holt (Q): 6-4, 6-1
- Brandon Nakashima (WC) beat Taylor Fritz (11): 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4)
- Yoshihito Nishioka (Q) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-4, 7-5
- Lorenzo Musetti (14) beat Nicolas Jarry: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
- Ben Shelton (12) beat Reilly Opelka (WC): 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
- Jordan Thompson beat Ugo Humbert (13): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Alex Michelsen (Q) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
- Jiri Lehecka beat Mariano Navone: 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Frances Tiafoe beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 6-3, 7-6 (6)
- Luciano Darderi beat Alejandro Tabilo: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Sebastian Baez beat Marcos Giron: 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (6)
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Karen Khachanov beat Francisco Cerundolo: 6-0, 6-3
- Flavio Cobolli beat Tommy Paul (10): 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
- Gael Monfils vs. Alexei Popyrin
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Sebastian Korda
- Holger Rune vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Jack Draper vs. Jaume Munar
- Max Purcell vs. Tomas Machac
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Nuno Borges
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Corentin Moutet
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