Cincinnati Masters: Wawrinka edges out home hope Nakashima to reach second round
Stan Wawrinka won against Brandon Nakashima 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3 and will play American Frances Tiafoe, the No 10 seed, in the next round
Tennis – ATP 500 – Swiss Indoors Basel – St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland – October 28, 2022 Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka reacts during his quarter final match against Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Swiss wildcard Stan Wawrinka beat American wildcard Brandon Nakashima 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3 to reach the second round of the Cincinnati Masters at the Linder Tennis Family Center.
Wawrinka, ranked No 51, will play American Frances Tiafoe, the No 10 seed, next.
Cincinnati Masters, other first-round results (Linder Tennis Family Center, hard, USD 6.600.000, most recent results first):
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Alex De Minaur vs. J.J. Wolf
- Cameron Norrie vs. Gael Monfils
- Lloyd Harris vs. Max Purcell
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Daniel Evans vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: tuesday
- Alexander Zverev vs. Grigor Dimitrov: tuesday
- Borna Coric (15) beat Sebastian Korda: 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Daniel Altmaier: tuesday
- Taylor Fritz (9) beat Jiri Lehecka: 7-6 (14), 6-2
- Tommy Paul (14) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 7-5, 7-6 (2)
- Ugo Humbert beat Arthur Fils (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
- Jordan Thompson (Q) beat John Isner (WC): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2)
- Dusan Lajovic (Q) beat Francisco Cerundolo: 6-3, 6-4
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Corentin Moutet (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Nicolas Jarry beat Roman Safiullin: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (12) beat Matteo Berrettini: 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Frances Tiafoe beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-4
- Yoshihito Nishioka beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-4, 7-5
- Adrian Mannarino beat Richard Gasquet: 6-4, 6-3
- Ben Shelton beat Christopher Eubanks: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
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