Cincinnati Masters: Impressive Nakashima defeats Fils

American wildcard Brandon Nakashima reached the last 16 of the Cincinnati Masters by beating Frenchman Arthur Fils 7-5, 7-6 (3) at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Thursday.

Nakashima, ranked No 49, will face Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 6 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the American edged out No 11 seed Taylor Fritz (6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4)).

Fils, ranked No 23, won against American qualifier Brandon Holt (6-4, 6-1) in the previous round of the Cincy Open.

Cincinnati Masters 1000, other second-round results (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 6.795.555, most recent results first):

• Casper Ruud vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Gael Monfils vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Holger Rune vs. Nuno Borges
• Jack Draper vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Ben Shelton vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: thursday
• Andrey Rublev beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-4, 6-3
• Fabian Marozsan beat Grigor Dimitrov (8): 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Pablo Carreno Busta beat Max Purcell (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Hubert Hurkacz (5) beat Yoshihito Nishioka (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Flavio Cobolli beat Luciano Darderi: 7-6 (4), 3-1 ret.
• Alexander Zverev (3) beat Karen Khachanov: 6-3, 6-2
• Jiri Lehecka beat Daniil Medvedev (4): 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Jordan Thompson beat Sebastian Baez: 6-2, 6-4
• Frances Tiafoe beat Lorenzo Musetti (14): 6-3, 6-2
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Alex Michelsen (Q): 6-4, 7-5