Cincinnati Masters: Fils in second round, faces Nakshima next

Frenchman Arthur Fils defeated American qualifier Brandon Holt 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Cincinnati Masters on Tuesday.

Fils, ranked No 23, will face wildcard Brandon Nakashima next at the Lindner Family Tennis Center.

Cincinnati Masters 1000, other first-round matches (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 6,795,555, most recent results first):

• Brandon Nakashima beat Taylor Fritz (11): 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4)
• Yoshihito Nishioka (Q) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-4, 7-5
• Lorenzo Musetti (14) beat Nicolas Jarry: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
• Ben Shelton (12) beat Reilly Opelka (WC): 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
• Jordan Thompson beat Ugo Humbert (13): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Alex Michelsen (Q) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
• Jiri Lehecka beat Mariano Navone: 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Frances Tiafoe beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Luciano Darderi beat Alejandro Tabilo: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Sebastian Baez beat Marcos Giron: 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (6)
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Karen Khachanov beat Francisco Cerundolo: 6-0, 6-3
• Flavio Cobolli beat Tommy Paul (10): 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
• Gael Monfils vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Sebastian Korda
• Holger Rune vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Jack Draper vs. Jaume Munar
• Max Purcell vs. Tomas Machac
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Nuno Borges
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Corentin Moutet

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