Western & Southern Open—Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Sunday’s opening day action at the 2023 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, Ohio saw entertaining American Ben Shelton advance to the second round.
Hard-serving American Shelton dismissed good friend and compatriot Christoper Eubanks 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.
Shelton’s will take his electric game to the second round against No. 4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Other results on the day saw Frenchman Adrian Mannarino take out his Davis Cup teammate Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-3 and Yoshihito Nishioka dismissed Gregoire Barrere 6-4, 7-5.
Frances Tiafoe will face Tallon Griekspoor in tonight’s night session.
Monday’s action in Mason will be highlighted by Venus Williams, Sloane Stephens, Sebastian Korda, Grigor Dimitrov and Elina Svitolina.
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First-round results:
Adrian Mannarino Defeats Richard Gasquet 64 63
Yoshihito Nishioka Defeats Gregoire Barrere 64 75
Ben Shelton Defeats Christopher Eubanks 57 64 64
