Cincinnati Masters: Zverev makes last 16, meets Medvedev next

German Alexander Zverev, the No 16 seed, won against Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka 7-5, 6-4 to advance to the last 16 of the Cincinnati Masters at the Linder Tennis Family Center on Wednesday evening.

Zverev, ranked No 17, will face Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed, next. It will be their fourth meeting of the year, with the Russian having won them all so far.

In the previous round of the Cincy Open, the German defeated Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (6-2, 6-2).

Nishioka, ranked No 45, beat Frenchman Gregoire Barrere (6-4, 7-5) during the first round of the Cincy Open.

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Cincinnati Masters, other second-round results (Linder Tennis Family Center, hard, USD 6.600.000, most recent results first):

• Frances Tiafoe vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Novak Djokovic
• Holger Rune vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Gael Monfils vs. Alex De Minaur
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Borna Coric
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Ben Shelton
• Max Purcell vs. Casper Ruud
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Taylor Fritz: wednesday
• Jannik Sinner vs. Dusan Lajovic: wednesday
• Daniil Medvedev beat Lorenzo Musetti: 6-3, 6-2
• Tommy Paul (14) beat Ugo Humbert: 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Jordan Thompson (Q): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
• Adrian Mannarino beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (12): 6-4, 6-4
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Andrey Rublev (7): 7-6 (10), 5-7, 7-6 (3)