Cincinnati Masters: Safiullin books spot in second round against Rune

Russian Roman Safiullin moved into the second round of the Cincinnati Masters by winning against Chilean Alejandro Tabilo 6-3, 6-3 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Thursday.

His next opponent will be Holger Rune, seed No. 7.

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

• Gael Monfils vs. Nishesh Basavareddy
• Learner Tien vs. Leandro Riedi
• Sebastian Ofner vs. Valentin Royer
• Mattia Bellucci vs. Damir Dzumhur
• Martin Landaluce vs. Patrick Kypson
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Hamad Medjedovic vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
• Francisco Comesana vs. Jaume Munar
• Hugo Dellien vs. Reilly Opelka
• Jenson Brooksby vs. Alexandre Muller
• Adam Walton vs. Mariano Navone
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Ethan Quinn
• Marcos Giron vs. Alexander Blockx
• Borna Coric vs. Emilio Nava
• Luca Nardi vs. Thiago Agustin Tirante
• Tristan Boyer vs. Brandon Holt
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Kei Nishikori
• Sebastian Baez vs. David Goffin
• Corentin Moutet vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Colton Smith vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Juncheng Shang
• Jordan Thompson vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Terence Atmane vs. Yoshihito Nishioka: thursday
• Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Vit Kopriva: thursday
• Zizou Bergs vs. Jacob Fearnley: thursday
• 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