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Two All-American matches take over the stadium court. And both ended up as surprises.
And there are some fascinating ones elsewhere – including Alejandro Davidovich Fokina against Frances Tiafoe. Hopefully Davidovich Fokina is over the stomachache that forced him to retire against Matteo Arnaldi in Montreal, but he went down.
And there was also some flash and dash in store as Zhang Zhizhen took on big server Giovanni Mpetschi Perricard. Zhang prevailed.
And the Cana-Chilean, Alejandro Tabilo, met Luciano Darderi of Italy and is ousted in the first round.
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Cincinnati Open
Location: Mason, Ohio
Category: ATP 1000 (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Aug. 12 – 19, 2024
Prize money: $7,909,030
Draws: S56 – D28
Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round
Canadian Content
Luciano Darderi (ITA) def Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) 63 76 (5)
Third-set tiebreaks
[WC] Brandon Nakashima (USA) def [11] Taylor Fritz (USA) 64 46 76 (4)
Jordan Thompson (AUS) def [13] Ugo Humbert (FRA) 36 63 76 (4)
[14] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) def Nicolas Jarry (CHI) 46 76 (5) 76 (4)
Spotlight matchups
Frances Tiafoe (USA) def. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 63 76 (6)
Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) def. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) 63 76 (4)
Seeds advancing
[12] Ben Shelton (USA) def [WC] Reilly Opelka (USA) 76 (3) 76 (3)
Qualifiers rolling
[Q] Alex Michelsen (USA) def Tallon Griekspoor (NED) 61 57 62
[Q] Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) def Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 64 75
Other results
Sebastian Baez (ARG) def Marcos Giron (USA) 64 57 76 (6)
Arthur Fils (FRA) def. [Q] Brandon Holt (USA) 64 61
Jiri Lehecka (CZE) def Mariano Navone (ARG) 76 (3) 63
Doubles, first round
Kevin Krawietz / Tim Puetz (GER) def Francisco Cerundolo / Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 75 76 (2)
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