Cincinnati Masters: Rune knocks out Monfils
Dane Holger Rune, the No 15 seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Masters by edging out Frenchman Gael Monfils 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Friday night.
Rune, ranked No 16, will face the winner of the match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jack Draper next.
Ahead of his victory, the 21-year-old Dane edged out Italian wildcard Matteo Berrettini (2-6, 6-1, 6-4) and won against Portuguese qualifier Nuno Borges (6-3, 7-6 (8)).
Monfils, ranked No 46, defeated Australian Alexei Popyrin (7-5, 6-3) and edged out Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the second seed (4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4) earlier in the tournament.
Cincinnati Masters 1000, other last 16 results (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 6.795.555, most recent results first):
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Jiri Lehecka
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Jack Draper: friday
- Hubert Hurkacz (5) beat Flavio Cobolli: 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
- Ben Shelton (12) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-4, 6-3
- Jannik Sinner vs. Jordan Thompson
- Andrey Rublev (6) beat Brandon Nakashima (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-1
- Alexander Zverev (3) beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 7-5, 7-6 (6)
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