Cincinnati Masters: Popyrin fights back to beat lucky loser Altmaier and book spot in second round

Australian lucky loser Alexei Popyrin edged out German lucky loser Daniel Altmaier 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Cincinnati Masters at the Linder Tennis Family Center.

Popyrin, ranked No 58, will play Chilean Nicolas Jarry 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
• Daniel Evans vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: tuesday
• Alexander Zverev vs. Grigor Dimitrov: tuesday
• Stan Wawrinka (WC) beat Brandon Nakashima (WC): 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3
• Borna Coric (15) beat Sebastian Korda: 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Taylor Fritz (9) beat Jiri Lehecka: 7-6 (14), 6-2
• Tommy Paul (14) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 7-5, 7-6 (2)
• Ugo Humbert beat Arthur Fils (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
• 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