Cincinnati Masters: Fritz wins tricky opener against Lehecka to make second round

American Taylor Fritz, the No 9 seed, won against Jiri Lehecka 7-6 (14), 6-2 to move into the second round of the Cincinnati Masters at the Linder Tennis Family Center.

Fritz, ranked No 9, will face the winner of the match between Italian Lorenzo Sonego and Russian qualifier Alexander Shevchenko next.

Cincinnati Masters, other first-round results (Linder Tennis Family Center, hard, USD 6.600.000, most recent results first):

• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Alex De Minaur vs. J.J. Wolf
• Cameron Norrie vs. Gael Monfils
• Lloyd Harris vs. Max Purcell
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Alexander Zverev vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Daniel Evans vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Sebastian Korda vs. Borna Coric
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Daniel Altmaier: tuesday
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Tommy Paul: tuesday
• Ugo Humbert vs. Arthur Fils: tuesday
• Jordan Thompson (Q) beat John Isner (WC): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2)
• Dusan Lajovic (Q) beat Francisco Cerundolo: 6-3, 6-4
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Corentin Moutet (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Nicolas Jarry beat Roman Safiullin: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (12) beat Matteo Berrettini: 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Frances Tiafoe (10) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-4
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-4, 7-5
• Adrian Mannarino beat Richard Gasquet: 6-4, 6-3
• Ben Shelton beat Christopher Eubanks: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4