Rublev rolls into quarter-finals at Cincinnati Masters

Andrey Rublev, the No 6 seed, defeated American wild card Brandon Nakashima 7-6 (5), 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the Western & Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Friday afternoon.

This continues a stellar hard-court summer for Rublev, who finished runner-up at the Montreal Masters this past week. The Russian also defeated Nakashoma in the third round that tournament (6-2, 6-2).

Rublev, ranked No 6, will face the winner of the match between top-seeded Italian Jannik Sinner and Australia’s Jordan Thompson. He previously knocked off China’s Zhizhen Zhang (6-4, 6-3) in Cincinnati.

In the previous rounds this week, Nakashima — ranked No 4 — edged out No 11 seed Taylor Fritz (6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4)) and Frenchman Arthur Fils (7-5, 7-6 (3)).

Cincinnati Masters 1000, other last 16 results:

• Frances Tiafoe vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Ben Shelton vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Jannik Sinner vs. Jordan Thompson
• Alexander Zverev vs. Pablo Carreno Busta: Friday

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