Cincinnati Masters: Tsitsipas loses it again, Bonzi reaches last 16
Benjamin Bonzi edged out Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4 on Monday. He’ll play Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 23 seed, in the next round
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Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi reached the last 16 of the Cincinnati Masters, the first one for him at the Masters 1000 level, by edging out Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 25 seed, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Monday evening.
Bonzi, ranked No 63, will play Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 23 seed, next.
The Frenchman is having one of the greatest run of his career after defeating Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 8 seed (5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (4)) and Italian Matteo Arnaldi (6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-4) in the previous rounds of the Cincinnati tournament.
Tsitsipas, ranked now ranked No 29, beat Hungarian Fabian Marozsan (7-6 (3), 6-2). He hasn’t won two matches in a row since Barcelona last April.
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
- Joao Fonseca vs. Terence Atmane
- Jannik Sinner vs. Gabriel Diallo
- Taylor Fritz (4) beat Lorenzo Sonego (31): 7-6 (4), 7-5
- 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 beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 (4), 4-2 ret.
