Cincinnati Masters: qualifier Atmane stuns Cobolli in major upset

French qualifier Terence Atmane edged out Italian Flavio Cobolli, the No 15 seed, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5) to advance to the third round of the Cincinnati Masters at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Saturday night.

It’s one of the major upsets of the day, even though Lorenzo Musetti, Casper Ruud and Tomas Machac had been ruled out earlier. Cobolli, a Wimbledon quarter-finalist, was on a 7-3 sequence in two months.

This is considered Atmane’s biggest career victory, as he has typically played on the Challenger circuit and had not won back-to-back matches on the ATP main tour this season.

This is the first time Atmane win two matches at the Masters 1000 level since Rome in 2024. Ahead of his victory, the Frenchman won against Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (6-2, 6-2).

Atmane, ranked No 132, will play Brazilian Joao Fonseca next.

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Cincinnati Masters 1000, other second-round matches and results (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 9.193.540, most recent results first):

• Nishesh Basavareddy vs. Alexander Zverev
• Ben Shelton vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Hamad Medjedovic
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Alexander Blockx
• Karen Khachanov vs. Valentin Royer
• Damir Dzumhur vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Luca Nardi vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Martin Landaluce
• Jenson Brooksby vs. Arthur Cazaux
• Adam Walton vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Jakub Mensik vs. Ethan Quinn
• Learner Tien vs. Andrey Rublev
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Cameron Norrie
• Francisco Comesana vs. Luciano Darderi
• Alex De Minaur vs. Reilly Opelka
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Tristan Boyer
• Taylor Fritz vs. Emilio Nava: sunday
• Frances Tiafoe (10) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-4, 6-3
• Lorenzo Sonego (31) beat Zizou Bergs: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Joao Fonseca beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (17): 6-7 (4), 5-4 ret.
• Ugo Humbert (20) beat Chak Lam Coleman Wong (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Gabriel Diallo (30) beat Sebastian Baez: 7-5, 6-4
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Daniel Elahi Galan (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Adrian Mannarino (Q) beat Tomas Machac (19): 6-3, 6-3
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (25) beat Fabian Marozsan: 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Tommy Paul (13) beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-2, 6-2
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (23) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• Alex Michelsen (28) beat Corentin Moutet: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Casper Ruud (11): 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2
• Holger Rune (7) beat Roman Safiullin: 7-5, 7-6 (5)
• Benjamin Bonzi beat Lorenzo Musetti (8): 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (4)