Shelton powers into quarter-finals at Cincinnati Masters

Ben Shelton, the No 12 seed, beat Hungarian Fabian Marozsan 6-4, 6-3 to secure a spot in the last eight of the Western & Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Friday afternoon.

Shelton, ranked No 14, will next play German Alexander Zverev, the No 3 seed.

The 21-year-old American previously dismissed wild card Reilly Opelka (7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)) and Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6-7 (6), 7-6 (7), 6-3) — the latter from a match point down.

Earlier in the tournament, Marozsan — ranked No 50 — ousted French qualifier Corentin Moutet (6-4, 7-6 (2)) and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 8 seed (4-6, 6-4, 6-3).

Cincinnati Masters 1000, other last 16 results:

• Frances Tiafoe vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Jack Draper
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Holger Rune vs. Gael Monfils
• Jannik Sinner vs. Jordan Thompson
• Andrey Rublev (6) beat Brandon Nakashima (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Alexander Zverev beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 7-5, 7-6 (6)

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