Cincinnati Masters: Rublev races past Zhang in an hour
Andrey Rublev won against Zhizhen Zhang 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday. He’ll play the winner of the match between American wildcard Brandon Nakashima and Frenchman Arthur Fils in the next round
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Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 6 seed, beat Chinese Zhizhen Zhang 6-4, 6-3 to reach the last 16 of the Cincinnati Masters at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Thursday.
Rublev, ranked No 6, will face the winner of the match between American wildcard Brandon Nakashima and Frenchman Arthur Fils next.
Zhang, ranked No 44, won against Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (6-3, 7-6 (4)) in the previous round of the Cincy Open.
Cincinnati Masters 1000, other second-round results (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 6.795.555, most recent results first):
- Casper Ruud vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Gael Monfils vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Holger Rune vs. Nuno Borges
- Jack Draper vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Ben Shelton vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Arthur Fils: thursday
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Grigor Dimitrov: thursday
- Pablo Carreno Busta beat Max Purcell (WC): 6-3, 6-3
- Hubert Hurkacz (5) beat Yoshihito Nishioka (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1
- Flavio Cobolli beat Luciano Darderi: 7-6 (4), 3-1 ret.
- Alexander Zverev (3) beat Karen Khachanov: 6-3, 6-2
- Jiri Lehecka beat Daniil Medvedev (4): 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Jordan Thompson beat Sebastian Baez: 6-2, 6-4
- Frances Tiafoe beat Lorenzo Musetti (14): 6-3, 6-2
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Alex Michelsen (Q): 6-4, 7-5
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