Cincinnati Masters: Blockx wins his first match on the ATP Tour

Belgian qualifier Alexander Blockx advanced to the second round of the Cincinnati Masters by winning against American Marcos Giron 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Friday.

Blockx, aged 20 and ranked 119, who has managed a 7-3 on his ten latest matches on the Challenger Tour, will play against American Brandon Nakashima next? Nakashima is seed No. 27.

Cincinnati Masters 1000, other first-round results (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 9.193.540, most recent results first):

• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Nishesh Basavareddy
• Learner Tien vs. Leandro Riedi
• Sebastian Ofner vs. Valentin Royer
• Adam Walton vs. Mariano Navone
• Mattia Bellucci vs. Damir Dzumhur
• Hamad Medjedovic vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
• Martin Landaluce vs. Patrick Kypson
• Hugo Dellien vs. Reilly Opelka
• Jenson Brooksby vs. Alexandre Muller
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Francisco Comesana vs. Jaume Munar: friday
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Ethan Quinn: friday
• Borna Coric vs. Emilio Nava: friday
• Luca Nardi (LL) beat Thiago Agustin Tirante (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Tristan Boyer (WC) beat Brandon Holt (WC): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli beat Kei Nishikori: 7-5, 6-3
• Sebastian Baez beat David Goffin: 6-1, 6-3
• Fabian Marozsan beat Colton Smith (Q): 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
• Corentin Moutet beat Mackenzie McDonald: 7-5, 6-3
• Adrian Mannarino (Q) beat Jordan Thompson: 6-2, 6-2
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Juncheng Shang: 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Terence Atmane (Q) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-2, 6-2
• Roman Safiullin beat Alejandro Tabilo: 6-3, 6-3
• Daniel Elahi Galan (Q) beat Vit Kopriva: 6-2, 6-4
• Zizou Bergs beat Jacob Fearnley: 6-1, 6-4
• Chak Lam Coleman Wong (Q) beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 6-3, 6-2
• Pedro Martinez Portero beat Nicolas Jarry (WC): 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Joao Fonseca beat Yunchaokete Bu: 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
• Benjamin Bonzi beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-4
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Hugo Gaston: 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Nuno Borges: 6-3, 6-3