Cincinnati Masters: Humbert beats Arthur Fils in all-French encounter to reach second round
Ugo Humbert defeated Arthur Fils 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 and will face American Tommy Paul, the No 14 seed, in the next round
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Ugo Humbert moved into the second round of the Cincinnati Masters by beating qualifier Arthur Fils 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 at the Linder Tennis Family Center.
Humbert, ranked No 33, will play American Tommy Paul, the No 14 seed, next.
Cincinnati Masters, other first-round results (Linder Tennis Family Center, hard, USD 6.600.000, most recent results first):
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Alex De Minaur vs. J.J. Wolf
- Cameron Norrie vs. Gael Monfils
- Lloyd Harris vs. Max Purcell
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Daniel Evans vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Alexander Zverev vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Stan Wawrinka (WC) beat Brandon Nakashima (WC): 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3
- Borna Coric (15) beat Sebastian Korda: 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Daniel Altmaier: tuesday
- Taylor Fritz (9) beat Jiri Lehecka: 7-6 (14), 6-2
- Tommy Paul beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 7-5, 7-6 (2)
- Jordan Thompson (Q) beat John Isner (WC): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2)
- Dusan Lajovic (Q) beat Francisco Cerundolo: 6-3, 6-4
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Corentin Moutet (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Nicolas Jarry beat Roman Safiullin: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (12) beat Matteo Berrettini: 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Frances Tiafoe (10) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-4
- Yoshihito Nishioka beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-4, 7-5
- Adrian Mannarino beat Richard Gasquet: 6-4, 6-3
- Ben Shelton beat Christopher Eubanks: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
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