Popyrin’s luck continues with free pass into Cincinnati third round
Alexei Popyrin benefited from the withdrawal of Nicolas Jarry and will face Finn Emil Ruusuvuori in the next round of the Cincinnati Masters.
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Lucky loser Alexei Popyrin moved into the last 16 of the Cincinnati Masters after Chilean Nicolas Jarry withdrew before their second-round contest.
Popyrin, ranked No 58, will play Finn Emil Ruusuvuori next.
In the previous round, the Australian edged out German lucky loser Daniel Altmaier 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4.
Jarry, ranked No 26, beat Russian Roman Safiullin (4-6, 6-3, 6-3) during the first round of the Cincy Open.
Cincinnati Masters, other second-round results:
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Novak Djokovic
- Holger Rune vs. Mackenzie McDonald
- Gael Monfils beat Alex De Minaur: 7-5, 6-4
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (4) beat Ben Shelton: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2)
- Hubert Hurkacz beat Borna Coric (15): 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
- 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)
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