Paul wins all-American matchup with Brooksby at Cincinnati Masters
Tommy Paul defeated Jenson Brooksby 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday afternoon and will play Canadian Denis Shapovalov in the next round. Shapovalov beat Grigor Dimitrov.
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Tommy Paul advanced to the second round of the Cincinnati Masters by beating Jenson Brooksby 6-3, 6-2 at the Linder Tennis Family Center on Tuesday evening.
Paul, ranked No 31, will face Canadian Denis Shapovalov 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
- Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Ben Shelton
- Nick Kyrgios vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Henri Laaksonen vs. Alex De Minaur
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Fabio Fognini
- Taylor Fritz vs. Sebastian Baez
- Borna Coric vs. Lorenzo Musetti: tuesday
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Jannik Sinner
- 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
