Andrey Rublev, Brandon Nakashima earn Cincinnati win, set up replay | ATP Tour
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Rublev, Nakashima got the win for Cincinnati, setting up a rematch
Marozsan upsets Dimitrov
August 15, 2024
Mike Lawrence/ATP Tour
Brandon Nakashima playing in Cincinnati.
By ATP staff
Andrey Rublev and Brandon Nakashima continued their impressive form on Thursday at the Cincinnati Open, where they both won to reach the third round and set up a Montreal rematch.
Rublev defeated Chinese star Zhang Zhizhen 6-4, 6-3 for his fifth win in six matches. The No. 6 player in the PIF ATP Rankings reached his second ATP Masters 1000 final of the season in Montreal last week and quickly adapted to the conditions in Ohio against Zhang.
Rublev hit 23 winners and committed just five unforced errors to win after 61 minutes, improving to 3-0 in the Lexus ATP Head2Head doubles series.
Rublev, chasing his third title of the season this week, will play Nakashima again after the American defeated #NextGenATP Frenchman Arthur Fils 7-5, 7-6(3) in one hour and 50 minutes.
The 2022 Next Gen ATP Finals presented by the PIF champion upset Taylor Fritz in the first round in Cincinnati and backed that up for Fils by saving all six break points he faced.
Nakashima beat Top 15 star Tommy Paul en route to the third round in Montreal last week, before falling to Rublev. The 23-year-old, currently number 49 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings, will aim for revenge when he faces Rublev in the third round in Ohio.
In other action, Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan upset World No. 9 Grigor Dimitrov 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 to improve his impressive ATP Masters 1000 record to 17-7. Marozsan now holds a 5-5 record against Top 10 players.
The 24-year-old will meet 12th seed Ben Shelton or Argentina’s Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the third round.
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