Cincinnati Masters: Zverev won the clash against Khachanov

German Alexander Zverev, the No 3 seed, won against Russian Karen Khachanov 6-3, 6-2 to reach the last 16 of the Cincinnati Masters at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Thursday evening.

Zverev, ranked No 4, will face the winner of the match between Australian wildcard Max Purcell and Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta next.

In the previous round of the Cincy Open, Khachanov, ranked No 22, defeated Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo (6-0, 6-3).

Cincinnati Masters 1000, other second-round results (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 6.795.555, most recent results first):

• 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
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Andrey Rublev
• Max Purcell vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Yoshihito Nishioka: thursday
• Flavio Cobolli beat Luciano Darderi: 7-6 (4), 3-1 ret.
• Jiri Lehecka beat Daniil Medvedev (4): 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Jordan Thompson beat Sebastian Baez: 6-2, 6-4
• Frances Tiafoe beat Lorenzo Musetti (14): 6-3, 6-2
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Alex Michelsen (Q): 6-4, 7-5