CINCINNATI – Nuno Borges and Magdalena Frech, the top seeds in the Cincinnati Open, advanced with wins in the qualifying round on Monday.
Portuguese Borges defeated Australian Aleksandar Vukic 7:6 (4), 6:1 and Polish Frech defeated 14th seeded Spaniard Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro 6:1, 6:4.
Six Americans – three men and three women – advanced in the main draws. No. 5 seed Alex Michelsen of Aliso Viejo, Calif., defeated Mackenzie McDonald of Orlando, Fla., 6-3, 6-2; Brandon Holt of Rolling Hills, Calif., beat Zachary Svajda of San Diego, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3; and Aleksandar Kovacevic of New York defeated Australia’s Rinky Hijikata, 6-1, 7-6 (5).
In the women’s singles, 12th-seeded Taylor Townsend of Smyrna, Georgia, beat No. 4 seed Katie Volynets of Walnut Creek, California, 6-0, 6-3; Robin Montgomery of Washington beat No. 16 seed Martina Trevisan of Italy, 6-4, 6-4; and Ashlyn Krueger of Springfield, Missouri, narrowly defeated Naomi Osaka of Japan, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.
In the men’s singles, Italian Flavio Cobolli beat 10th seed Tommy Paul of Boca Raton, Florida, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5. No. 3 Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan and No. 11 Corentin Moutet of France also advanced. In the women’s singles, No. 15 Harriet Dart of Great Britain defeated No. 5 Elina Avanesyan of Armenia 6-4, 6-1. No. 3 Lulu Sun of Australia, No. 10 Varvara Gracheva and No. 13 YF Wang of China also advanced.
OUTLOOK
The men’s and women’s main rounds will continue tomorrow. Twelve Americans – ten men and two women – will compete on the courts of the Lindner Family Tennis Center.
No. 12 seed Ben Shelton of Atlanta will face Reilly Opelka of St. Joseph, Michigan, in the afternoon. Taylor Fritz of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, will face Brandon Nakashima of San Diego in the evening.
