Cincinnati Masters: Shelton wins early popcorn match against Eubanks
Ben Shelton edged out Christopher Eubanks 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday evening and will play No 4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the next round
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Ben Shelton edged out Christopher Eubanks 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Cincinnati Masters at the Linder Tennis Family Center on Sunday evening.
It was a tight encounter between two big servers, and unsurprisingly came down to who played the pressure points better. Shelton was able to save five of six break points, while capitalising on two of the three opportunities he had to break Eubanks‘ serve.
Shelton, ranked No 41, will face No 4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas next.
Cincinnati Masters, other first-round results (Linder Tennis Family Center, hard, USD 6.600.000, most recent results first):
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Alex De Minaur vs. J.J. Wolf
- Cameron Norrie vs. Gael Monfils
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Taylor Fritz
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Daniel Evans vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Alexander Zverev vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Corentin Moutet
- Roman Safiullin vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Karen Khachanov vs. Andy Murray
- Sebastian Korda vs. Borna Coric
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Lloyd Harris vs. Max Purcell
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Tommy Paul
- Ugo Humbert vs. Arthur Fils
- John Isner vs. Jordan Thompson
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Gregoire Barrere vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Richard Gasquet vs. Adrian Mannarino
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