Cincinnati Masters: Schwartzman reaches last 16
Diego Schwartzman defeated Aslan Karatsev 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2 on Wednesday night and will face the winner of the match between Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 4 seed, and Serb Filip Krajinovic in the next round
Argentinian Diego Schwartzman, the No 13 seed, beat Russian Aslan Karatsev 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2 to advance to the last 16 of the Cincinnati Masters at the Linder Tennis Family Center on Wednesday night.
Schwartzman, ranked No 16, will face the winner of the match between Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 4 seed, and Serb Filip Krajinovic next.
In the previous round of the Cincy Open, the Argentinian won against Slovak Alex Molcan (5-7, 6-4, 6-2).
Karatsev, ranked No 38, won against American Brandon Nakashima (7-5, 7-5) in the first round of the Cincy Open.
Cincinnati Masters 1000, other second-round results (Linder Tennis Family Center, hard, USD 6.971.275, most recent results first):
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Sebastian Korda
- Borna Coric vs. Rafael Nadal
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Marcos Giron
- Taylor Fritz vs. Nick Kyrgios
- Casper Ruud vs. Ben Shelton
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Filip Krajinovic
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Jannik Sinner
- John Isner vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Tommy Paul vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Alex De Minaur
- Andy Murray vs. Cameron Norrie
- Fabio Fognini vs. Andrey Rublev
- Daniil Medvedev (1) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-4, 7-5
- Marin Čilić (14) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-5
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Mackenzie McDonald (WC): 6-3, 6-2
