Cincinnati Masters: Shelton wins the duel against Opelka

No 12 seed Ben Shelton advanced to the second round of the Cincinnati Masters by winning against wildcard Reilly Opelka 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3) at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Tuesday.

Shelton, ranked No 14, will face the winner of the match between Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry and Italian Matteo Arnaldi next.

Cincinnati Masters 1000, other first-round results (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 6.795.555, most recent results first):

• Brandon Holt vs. Arthur Fils
• Gael Monfils vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Nuno Borges
• Holger Rune vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Jack Draper vs. Jaume Munar
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Corentin Moutet
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Sebastian Korda
• Max Purcell vs. Tomas Machac
• Taylor Fritz vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Nicolas Jarry: tuesday
• Jordan Thompson beat Ugo Humbert (13): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Alex Michelsen (Q) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
• Jiri Lehecka beat Mariano Navone: 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Frances Tiafoe beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Luciano Darderi beat Alejandro Tabilo: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Sebastian Baez beat Marcos Giron: 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (6)
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Karen Khachanov beat Francisco Cerundolo: 6-0, 6-3
• Flavio Cobolli beat Tommy Paul (10): 6-2, 4-6, 7-5