Cincinnati Masters: Thompson books last 16 clash against world No 1 Sinner
The Atlanta runner-up defeated Argentina’s Sebastian Baez 6-2, 6-4 in the second round on Wednesday
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Australian Jordan Thompson advanced to the last 16 of the Cincinnati Masters by defeating Argentinian Sebastian Baez 6-2, 6-4 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Wednesday.
This levels the head-to-head between the two players at 1-1.
Ahead of his victory, the Australian edged out Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 13 seed (3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)). That was his fifth top 20 win of the year, the most for him in any season for him yet.
Baez, ranked No 20, edged out American Marcos Giron (6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (6)) earlier in the week.
Thompson, ranked No 32, will face Italian Jannik Sinner, the top seed, next. This will be the first meeting between the pair.
Cincinnati Masters 1000, other second-round results (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 6,795,555):
- Frances Tiafoe beat Lorenzo Musetti (14): 6-3, 6-2
- Jannik Sinner beat Alex Michelsen (Q): 6-4, 7-5
- Casper Ruud vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Gael Monfils vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Holger Rune vs. Nuno Borges
- Ben Shelton vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Jack Draper vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Arthur Fils
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Max Purcell vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Andrey Rublev
- Luciano Darderi vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Alexander Zverev vs. Karen Khachanov
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Daniil Medvedev
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