Cincinnati Masters: Atmane denies Fonseca his first Masters 1000 round of 16 spot
Terence Atmane won against Joao Fonseca 6-3, 6-4 on Monday. He’ll face American Taylor Fritz, the No 4 seed, in the next round
Terence Atmane, Cincinnati 2025 | © Claude Caudit, PsNewz
French qualifier Terence Atmane beat Brazilian Joao Fonseca 6-3, 6-4 to move into the last 16 of the Cincinnati Masters at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Monday night.
Both of the players had the possibility to reach their first round of 16 in a Masters 1000 event.
Atmane, ranked No 136, will play American Taylor Fritz, the No 4 seed, next. Ahead of his victory, the Frenchman edged out Italian Flavio Cobolli, the No 15 seed (6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5)) and won against Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (6-2, 6-2).
Cincinnati Masters 1000, other third-round results (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 9.193.540, most recent results first):
- Ben Shelton vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Alexander Zverev
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Adam Walton
- Karen Khachanov vs. Jenson Brooksby
- Hamad Medjedovic vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Jakub Mensik vs. Luca Nardi
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Andrey Rublev
- Reilly Opelka vs. Francisco Comesana
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Tommy Paul: tuesday
- Jannik Sinner vs. Gabriel Diallo: monday
- Taylor Fritz beat Lorenzo Sonego (31): 7-6 (4), 7-5
- Benjamin Bonzi beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (25): 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4
- Frances Tiafoe (10) beat Ugo Humbert (20): 6-4, 6-4
- Holger Rune (7) beat Alex Michelsen (28): 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (23) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 (4), 4-2 ret.
