Cincinnati Masters: Paul edges past Kecmanovic to reach second round

American Tommy Paul, the No 14 seed, defeated Serb Miomir Kecmanovic 7-5, 7-6 (2) to reach the second round of the Cincinnati Masters at the Linder Tennis Family Center.

Paul, ranked No 13, will face the winner of the match between Ugo Humbert and qualifier Arthur Fils 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
• Alexander Zverev vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Daniel Evans vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Sebastian Korda vs. Borna Coric
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Daniel Altmaier: tuesday
• Taylor Fritz (9) beat Jiri Lehecka: 7-6 (14), 6-2
• Ugo Humbert vs. Arthur Fils: tuesday
• 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