Kyrgios fights past Davidovich Fokina, through to Cincinnati second round

Australian Nick Kyrgios reached the second round of the Cincinnati Masters by defeating Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-5, 6-4 at the Linder Tennis Family Center on Tuesday evening.

Kyrgios, ranked No 28, will face American Taylor Fritz, the No 11 seed, next.

Cincinnati Masters 1000, other first-round results (Linder Tennis Family Center, hard, USD 6.971.275, most recent results first):

• Filip Krajinovic vs. Daniel Evans
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Ben Shelton: tuesday
• Taylor Fritz beat Sebastian Baez: 6-1, 6-1
• Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Miomir Kecmanovic: tuesday
• Fabio Fognini (LL) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-2, 6-3
• Alex De Minaur beat Henri Laaksonen (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Borna Coric beat Lorenzo Musetti (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Jannik Sinner (10) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis (Q): 6-7 (9), 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Tommy Paul beat Jenson Brooksby: 6-3, 6-2
• Denis Shapovalov beat Grigor Dimitrov (16): 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Frances Tiafoe beat Matteo Berrettini (12): 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (5)
• Sebastian Korda (WC) beat Karen Khachanov: 6-3, 6-4
• Marcos Giron (Q) beat David Goffin (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Marin Čilić (14) beat Jaume Munar (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Andy Murray beat Stan Wawrinka: 7-6 (3), 5-7, 7-5
• Cameron Norrie (9) beat Holger Rune: 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4
• John Isner beat Benjamin Bonzi: 7-6 (11), 3-6, 7-6 (4)
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat J.J. Wolf (WC): 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Roberto Bautista Agut (15) beat Francisco Cerundolo: 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2
• Diego Schwartzman (13) beat Alex Molcan: 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
• Aslan Karatsev beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-5, 7-5
• Mackenzie McDonald (WC) beat Nikoloz Basilashvili: 6-0, 6-1
• Botic van de Zandschulp beat Maxime Cressy: 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

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