Cincinnati Masters: Royer through to second round
Valentin Royer won against Sebastian Ofner 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 on Friday night
Valentin Royer, Cincinnati 2025 | © Claude Cabit / PsNewz
French qualifier Valentin Royer reached the second round of the Cincinnati Masters by beating Austrian Sebastian Ofner 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Friday night. He will now challenge Karen Khachanov, seed No.14, runner-up at Toronto last Sunday.
Cincinnati Masters 1000, other first-round results (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 9.193.540, most recent results first):
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Nishesh Basavareddy
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Damir Dzumhur: friday
- Learner Tien beat Leandro Riedi (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Martin Landaluce (Q) beat Patrick Kypson (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Roberto Bautista Agut beat Daniel Altmaier: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1)
- Hamad Medjedovic beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-2, 6-3
- Reilly Opelka beat Hugo Dellien: 7-5, 7-6 (3)
- Adam Walton beat Mariano Navone (LL): 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1
- Jenson Brooksby (WC) beat Alexandre Muller: 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-1
- Francisco Comesana beat Jaume Munar: 6-4, 6-4
- Ethan Quinn beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Emilio Nava (Q) beat Borna Coric: 6-3, 7-5
- Alexander Blockx (Q) beat Marcos Giron: 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
- Luca Nardi (LL) beat Thiago Agustin Tirante (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Tristan Boyer (WC) beat Brandon Holt (WC): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Camilo Ugo Carabelli beat Kei Nishikori: 7-5, 6-3
- Sebastian Baez beat David Goffin: 6-1, 6-3
- Fabian Marozsan beat Colton Smith (Q): 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
- Corentin Moutet beat Mackenzie McDonald: 7-5, 6-3
- Adrian Mannarino (Q) beat Jordan Thompson: 6-2, 6-2
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Juncheng Shang: 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Terence Atmane (Q) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-2, 6-2
- Roman Safiullin beat Alejandro Tabilo: 6-3, 6-3
- Daniel Elahi Galan (Q) beat Vit Kopriva: 6-2, 6-4
- Zizou Bergs beat Jacob Fearnley: 6-1, 6-4
- Chak Lam Coleman Wong (Q) beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 6-3, 6-2
- Pedro Martinez Portero beat Nicolas Jarry (WC): 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Joao Fonseca beat Yunchaokete Bu: 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
- Benjamin Bonzi beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-4
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Hugo Gaston: 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
- Arthur Rinderknech beat Nuno Borges: 6-3, 6-3
