Cincinnati Masters: Tiafoe advances to last eight, defeating Lehecka
Frances Tiafoe edged out Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-7 (10), 7-6 (5) on Saturday night. He’ll play Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 5 seed, in the next round
Frances Tiafoe, Cincinnati (Zuma / Panoramic)
American Frances Tiafoe advanced to the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Masters by edging out Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-7 (10), 7-6 (5) at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Saturday night.
Tiafoe, ranked No 26, will face Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 5 seed, next.
Earlier in the tournament, the American defeated Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (6-3, 7-6 (6)) and Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 14 seed (6-3, 6-2).
Lehecka, ranked No 35, won against Argentinian Mariano Navone (7-6 (3), 6-3) and Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 4 seed (7-6 (2), 6-4) in the previous rounds of the Cincy Open.
Cincinnati Masters 1000, other last 16 results (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 6.795.555, most recent results first):
- Jack Draper beat Felix Auger-Aliassime: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
- Holger Rune (15) beat Gael Monfils: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Hubert Hurkacz beat Flavio Cobolli: 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
- Ben Shelton (12) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-4, 6-3
- Jannik Sinner vs. Jordan Thompson
- Andrey Rublev (6) beat Brandon Nakashima (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-1
- Alexander Zverev (3) beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 7-5, 7-6 (6)
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