Sinner gets retirement from Kecmanovic in Cincinnati second round

Jannik Sinner benefited from the abandonment of Miomir Kecmanovic (7-5, 3-1) on Wednesday evening. He’ll face Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 7 seed, in the next round

Italy's Jannik Sinner in action during his first round match against Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina at the Dubai Tennis Championships Italy’s Jannik Sinner in action during his first round match against Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina at the Dubai Tennis Championships Image Credit: AI / Reuters / Panoramic

Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 10 seed, reached the last 16 of the Cincinnati Masters when Serb Miomir Kecmanovic retired on Wednesday evening at the Linder Tennis Family Center.

Sinner, ranked No 12, led 7-5, 3-1 when Kecmanovic, ranked No 36, pulled out on Wednesday evening at the Linder Tennis Family Center.

The 21-year-old Italian will play Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 7 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Cincy Open, Jannik Sinner edged out Australian qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis (6-7 (9), 6-4, 7-6 (6)).

The 22-year-old Serb edged out Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta (1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4)) in the first round of the Cincy Open.

Cincinnati Masters 1000, other second-round results (Linder Tennis Family Center, hard, USD 6.971.275, most recent results first):

  • Frances Tiafoe vs. Sebastian Korda
  • Borna Coric vs. Rafael Nadal
  • Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Marcos Giron
  • Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Filip Krajinovic
  • Taylor Fritz vs. Nick Kyrgios
  • Casper Ruud vs. Ben Shelton: wednesday
  • Tommy Paul vs. Denis Shapovalov: wednesday
  • John Isner vs. Hubert Hurkacz: wednesday
  • Cameron Norrie (9) beat Andy Murray: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
  • Andrey Rublev (6) beat Fabio Fognini (LL): 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 6-2
  • Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Alex De Minaur: 6-3, 6-2
  • Diego Schwartzman (13) beat Aslan Karatsev: 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2
  • Daniil Medvedev (1) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-4, 7-5
  • Marin Čilić (14) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-5
  • Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Mackenzie McDonald (WC): 6-3, 6-2

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