Cincinnati Masters: Blockx wins his first match on the ATP Tour
Alexander Blockx won against Marcos Giron 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 on Friday evening.
Alexander Blockx, 2025 | © Zuma / PsNews
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
