Cincinnati ATP Masters: Basavareddy last qualified of the day
Nishesh Basavareddy defeated Aleksandar Vukic 7-6 (5), 7-5 on Saturday night

American wildcard Nishesh Basavareddy won against Australian lucky loser Aleksandar Vukic 7-6 (5), 7-5 to reach the second round of the Cincinnati Masters at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Saturday night. It’s his maiden Masters 1000 victory. His next opponent will be Alexander Zverev, seed No.3.
Cincinnati Masters 1000, other first-round results (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 9.193.540, most recent results first):
- Damir Dzumhur beat Mattia Bellucci: 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5)
- Valentin Royer (Q) beat Sebastian Ofner: 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
- Learner Tien beat Leandro Riedi (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Martin Landaluce (Q) beat Patrick Kypson (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Roberto Bautista Agut beat Daniel Altmaier: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1)
- Hamad Medjedovic beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-2, 6-3
- Reilly Opelka beat Hugo Dellien: 7-5, 7-6 (3)
- Adam Walton beat Mariano Navone (LL): 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1
- Jenson Brooksby (WC) beat Alexandre Muller: 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-1
- Francisco Comesana beat Jaume Munar: 6-4, 6-4
- Ethan Quinn beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Emilio Nava (Q) beat Borna Coric: 6-3, 7-5
- Alexander Blockx (Q) beat Marcos Giron: 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
- 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