On August 14, local time, the second day of the ATP1000 Cincinnati Masters began. World No. 1 Sinner defeated American rising star Michelson 6-4/7-5 and advanced to the men's singles round of 16. Sinner lost to Rublev in the quarter-finals of the Montreal Masters last week. After the game, he admitted that his hip injury affected his performance.

However, after coming to Cincinnati, the Italian admitted that although his physical condition was not 100%, his hip injury was getting better. With this victory, Sinner won his 25th hard court victory this season. His next opponent will be Australian player Thompson, who eliminated Baez in two sets.

Sinner profile

The 2019 champion Medvedev was eliminated early again. He lost to the returning Czech player Lechka 6-7(2)/4-6 in the second round. Medvedev lost to Davidovich-Fokina in last week's Montreal Masters and was eliminated in the first round. He will go to the US Open with a poor record of 0 wins and 2 losses in the North American autumn season. Lechka will face local favorite Tiafoe in the third round, who defeated Olympic men's singles bronze medalist Musetti 6-3/6-2.

After experiencing the "coach change storm", Tsitsipas got off to a good start. He defeated German cannon Struff 4-6/6-4/6-3 and will face British No. 1 Draper. Canadian Aliassim defeated Kovacevic 6-3/6-1 in the first round and will face No. 7 seed Ruud in the second round.

No. 16 seed Rune encountered a challenge in the first round. He won a tough match with Berrettini 2-6/6-1/6-4 and won his first victory in the main draw in Cincinnati. Rune's second-round opponent will be qualifier Borges, who eliminated Mannarino in three sets.