Cincinnati Masters: Royer through to second round

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