Shelton continues ascension with Cincinnati win over Sonego

Ben Shelton’s rise up the rankings continued on Tuesday evening with a sizable upset at the Western & Southern Open, where he knocked off Lorenzo Sonego 7-6(5), 3-6, 7-5. Shelton prevailed after three hours and three minutes, setting up a second-round showdown with Casper Ruud.

The 19-year-old American earned his first-ever ATP match win last month in Atlanta. Now he has a maiden Masters 1000 victory. Shelton has also reached two Challenger finals this summer (Rome, GA and Chicago), catapulting his ranking to No 228 in the world. He was No 547 as recently as June 5.

Cincinnati Masters 1000, other first-round matches and results:

• Filip Krajinovic vs. Daniel Evans
• Nick Kyrgios beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 7-5, 6-4
• Taylor Fritz (11) beat Sebastian Baez: 6-1, 6-1
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 1-6, 7-5, 7-6(4)
• Fabio Fognini (LL) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-2, 6-3
• Alex De Minaur beat Henri Laaksonen (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Borna Coric beat Lorenzo Musetti (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Jannik Sinner (10) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis (Q): 6-7(9), 6-4, 7-6(6)
• Tommy Paul beat Jenson Brooksby: 6-3, 6-2
• Denis Shapovalov beat Grigor Dimitrov (16): 7-6(4), 6-3
• Frances Tiafoe beat Matteo Berrettini (12): 7-6(3), 4-6, 7-6(5)
• Sebastian Korda (WC) beat Karen Khachanov: 6-3, 6-4
• Marcos Giron (Q) beat David Goffin (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Marin Čilić (14) beat Jaume Munar (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Andy Murray beat Stan Wawrinka: 7-6 (3), 5-7, 7-5
• Cameron Norrie (9) beat Holger Rune: 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-4
• John Isner beat Benjamin Bonzi: 7-6 (11), 3-6, 7-6(4)
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat J.J. Wolf (WC): 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Roberto Bautista Agut (15) beat Francisco Cerundolo: 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-2
• Diego Schwartzman (13) beat Alex Molcan: 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
• Aslan Karatsev beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-5, 7-5
• Mackenzie McDonald (WC) beat Nikoloz Basilashvili: 6-0, 6-1
• Botic van de Zandschulp beat Maxime Cressy: 6-2, 4-6, 6-4