Coric follows up win over Nadal by beating Bautista Agut

Croat Borna Coric defeated Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, the No 15 seed, 6-2, 6-3 to move into the last eight of the Western & Southern Open at the Linder Tennis Family Center on Thursday afteroon.

Coric, ranked No 152, will face the winner of the match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 7 seed, and Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 10 seed, next.

The Croat beat Italian qualifier Lorenzo Musetti (7-6 (2), 6-3) and Spaniard Rafael Nadal, the second seed (7-6 (9), 4-6, 6-3) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds of the Cincy Open, Bautista Agut, ranked No 19, defeated Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo (6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2) and American qualifier Marcos Giron (6-3, 6-3).

Cincinnati Masters 1000, other round of 16 matches and results:

• Marin Čilić vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Jannik Sinner
• Ben Shelton vs. Cameron Norrie
• Sebastian Korda vs. John Isner: thursday
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (4) beat Diego Schwartzman (13): 6-3, 6-3
• Daniil Medvedev (1) beat Denis Shapovalov: 7-5, 7-5
• Taylor Fritz (11) beat Andrey Rublev (6): 6-7 (4), 6-2, 7-5