Kyrgios fights past Davidovich Fokina, through to Cincinnati second round
Nick Kyrgios defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-5, 6-4 on Tuesday evening and will face American Taylor Fritz, the No 11 seed, in the next round
Nick Kyrgios (AUS) reacts during his match vs. opponent Hubert Hurkacz (POL) during the quarter-finals of the National Bank Open at Stade IGA (Icon SMI/Panoramic)
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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