Cincinnati Masters: Nishioka books spot in second round

Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka advanced to the second round of the Cincinnati Masters by beating Frenchman Gregoire Barrere 6-4, 7-5 at the Linder Tennis Family Center on Sunday night.

Nishioka, ranked No 45, will face the winner of the match between German Alexander Zverev, the No 16 seed, and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov next.

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

• Daniel Evans vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Alexander Zverev vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Sebastian Korda vs. Borna Coric
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Stan Wawrinka
• John Isner vs. Jordan Thompson
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Corentin Moutet
• Roman Safiullin vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Alex De Minaur vs. J.J. Wolf
• Cameron Norrie vs. Gael Monfils
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Taylor Fritz
• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Karen Khachanov vs. Andy Murray
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Lloyd Harris vs. Max Purcell
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Tommy Paul
• Ugo Humbert vs. Arthur Fils
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Adrian Mannarino beat Richard Gasquet: 6-4, 6-3
• Ben Shelton beat Christopher Eubanks: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4