Cincinnati Masters: Mannarino wins battle of the French veterans

Adrian Mannarino moved into the second round of the Cincinnati Masters by defeating Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-3 at the Linder Tennis Family Center on Sunday night.

Mannarino, ranked No 30, will play the winner of the match between Italian Matteo Berrettini and Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 12 seed, next.

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Cincinnati Masters, other first-round results (Linder Tennis Family Center, hard, USD 6.600.000, most recent results first):

• Daniel Evans vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Alexander Zverev vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Sebastian Korda vs. Borna Coric
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Stan Wawrinka
• John Isner vs. Jordan Thompson
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Corentin Moutet
• Roman Safiullin vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Alex De Minaur vs. J.J. Wolf
• Cameron Norrie vs. Gael Monfils
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Taylor Fritz
• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Karen Khachanov vs. Andy Murray
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Lloyd Harris vs. Max Purcell
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Tommy Paul
• Ugo Humbert vs. Arthur Fils
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Gregoire Barrere vs. Yoshihito Nishioka: sunday
• Ben Shelton beat Christopher Eubanks: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4