Tiafoe topples Musetti in round two of Cincinnati Masters
Frances Tiafoe picked up one of his best wins in 2024 on Wednesday, beating Lorenzo Musetti in the Cincinnati second round. Tiafoe will meet either Daniil Medvedev or Jiri Lehecka for a place in the quarterfinals.
Frances Tiafoe, Cincinnati (Zuma / Panoramic)
American Frances Tiafoe reached the last 16 of the Western & Southern Open by defeating Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 14 seed, 6-3, 6-2 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Wednesday evening.
Tiafoe, ranked No 26, will face the winner of the match between Jiri Lehecka and Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 4 seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the American knocked off Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (6-3, 7-6 (6)).
Musetti, ranked No 18, edged out Chilean Nicolas Jarry (4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)) in the previous round of the Cincinnati Masters.
Cincinnati Masters 1000, other second-round results:
- Casper Ruud vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Gael Monfils vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Holger Rune vs. Nuno Borges
- Ben Shelton vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Jack Draper vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Arthur Fils
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Max Purcell vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Andrey Rublev
- Luciano Darderi vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Alexander Zverev vs. Karen Khachanov
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Sebastian Baez vs. Jordan Thompson: wednesday
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Alex Michelsen (Q): 6-4, 7-5
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