Purcell & Thompson oust home hopes Cash & Tracy in Cincinnati
Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson have won three titles together this season. Will they claim a fourth at the Cincinnati Open?
The eighth-seeded Australians ousted American wild cards Robert Cash and JJ Tracy 7-6(5), 6-3 on Monday evening to reach the second round in Ohio. They will next play Holger Rune and Stefanos Tsitsipas or Mackenzie McDonald and Alex Michelsen.
Purcell and Thompson, champions this year in Dallas, Los Cabos and Houston, saved all four break points they faced according to Infosys ATP Stats. They are pursuing their first ATP Masters 1000 title as a team.
[ATP APP]Singles stars Arthur Fils and Nicolas Jarry ousted Belgian doubles standouts Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen 6-2, 7-5. The French-Chilean duo will next take on second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden.
In other action, sixth seeds Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin defeated Lloyd Glasspool and Ugo Humbert 3-6, 6-3, 10-5 and Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic defeated Sadio Doumbia and Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 6-2.
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