Cincinnati Masters: Popyrin fights back to beat lucky loser Altmaier and book spot in second round
Alexei Popyrin edged out Daniel Altmaier 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4 and will face Chilean Nicolas Jarry in the next round
Tennis – Nottingham Open – Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, Britain – June 10, 2022 Australia’s Alexei Popyrin reacts during his quarter final match against Britain’s Ryan Peniston (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Australian lucky loser Alexei Popyrin edged out German lucky loser Daniel Altmaier 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Cincinnati Masters at the Linder Tennis Family Center.
Popyrin, ranked No 58, will play Chilean Nicolas Jarry 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
- Daniel Evans vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: tuesday
- Alexander Zverev vs. Grigor Dimitrov: tuesday
- 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
- Taylor Fritz (9) beat Jiri Lehecka: 7-6 (14), 6-2
- Tommy Paul (14) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 7-5, 7-6 (2)
- Ugo Humbert beat Arthur Fils (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 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
