Monfils takes down De Minaur in Cincinnati second round

Gael Monfils continued his fine form with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Alex de Minaur in round two of the Western & Southern Open on Wednesday afternoon.

Monfils awaits either world No 1 Novak Djokovic or Toronto semi-finalist Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the last 16.

The Frenchman is coming off a quarter-final run at the Toronto Masters, where he lost to eventual champion Jannik Sinner in the quarter-finals. De Minaur has been in stellar form, as well, as he advanced all the way to the Toronto championship match before succumbing to Sinner.

Cincinnati Masters, other second-round results:

• Frances Tiafoe vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Novak Djokovic
• Holger Rune vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Gael Monfils vs. Alex De Minaur: wednesday
• Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Ben Shelton: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2)
• Max Purcell (Q) beat Casper Ruud (5): 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
• Taylor Fritz (9) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 7-6 (1)
• Dusan Lajovic (Q) beat Jannik Sinner (8): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Lorenzo Musetti: 6-3, 6-2
• Alexander Zverev (16) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 7-5, 6-4
• Tommy Paul (14) beat Ugo Humbert: 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Jordan Thompson (Q): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
• Adrian Mannarino beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (12): 6-4, 6-4
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Andrey Rublev (7): 7-6 (10), 5-7, 7-6 (3)