Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta emerged victorious against American Sebastian Korda, the No 16 seed, with a score of 7-5, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Western & Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Wednesday afternoon.
Carreno Busta is set to face Australian wild card Max Purcell in the round of 32 on Thursday.
Cincinnati Masters 1000, other first-round results:
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Matteo Arnaldi: Wednesday
- Gael Monfils defeated Alexei Popyrin with scores 7-5, 6-3
- Jack Draper won against Jaume Munar (Q): 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
- Max Purcell secured a victory over Tomas Machac with scores 6-4, 7-6 (1)
- Holger Rune (15) defeated Matteo Berrettini (WC) with scores 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Nuno Borges (Q) beat Adrian Mannarino with scores 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (9) emerged victorious against Jan-Lennard Struff with scores 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Felix Auger-Aliassime won against Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q) with scores 6-3, 6-1
- Fabian Marozsan defeated Corentin Moutet (Q) with scores 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Arthur Fils secured a victory over Brandon Holt (Q) with scores 6-4, 6-1
- Brandon Nakashima (WC) defeated Taylor Fritz (11) with scores 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4)
- Yoshihito Nishioka (Q) beat Miomir Kecmanovic with scores 6-4, 7-5
- Lorenzo Musetti (14) won against Nicolas Jarry with scores 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
- Ben Shelton (12) beat Reilly Opelka (WC) with scores 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
- Jordan Thompson won against Ugo Humbert (13) with scores 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Alex Michelsen (Q) defeated Tallon Griekspoor with scores 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
- Jiri Lehecka won against Mariano Navone with scores 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Frances Tiafoe defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina with scores 6-3, 7-6 (6)
- Luciano Darderi defeated Alejandro Tabilo with scores 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Sebastian Baez won against Marcos Giron with scores 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (6)
- Zhizhen Zhang defeated Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard with scores 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Karen Khachanov secured a victory over Francisco Cerundolo with scores 6-0, 6-3
- Flavio Cobolli beat Tommy Paul (10) with scores 6-2, 4-6, 7-5