Cincinnati Masters: Musetti edges Jarry in third set tiebreak to reach second round

Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 14 seed, edged out Chilean Nicolas Jarry 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) to reach the second round of the Cincinnati Masters at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Tuesday.

The win for the Italian levels the head-to-head between the two players at 1-1. Jarry had won their previous encounter in Rio de Janeiro on clay in straight sets.

Musetti, ranked No 18 and the recent Olympic bronze medallist in men’s singles, will play American Frances Tiafoe next. The pair have split their four meetings on the ATP Tour, including one win each on hardcourts (head-to-head is 303 if you include meetings on all levels of the pro tour).

Cincinnati Masters 1000, other first-round matches (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 6,795,555):

• 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
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Corentin Moutet
• Brandon Holt vs. Arthur Fils
• Taylor Fritz vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Miomir Kecmanovic

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