Jannik Sinner fought off eight break points as the top seed began the Cincinnati Masters with a 6-4, 7-5 triumph over US qualifier Alex Michelsen on Wednesday.
The world No 1 Italian, who turns 23 on Friday, has never been past the third round at the American Midwest venue but is hoping to improve on that showing this week.
"I'm very happy to be into the next round. I've struggled here in past years. But today I stayed positive and that helped in the win." "I'm not yet at 100 per cent, but the main goal is the US Open," he said."I have one week to prepare in the best possible way.Ninth seed Stefano Tsitsipas played for the first time since splitting last week with his father as coach, with the Greek turning the tables in dramatic fashion to reach the second round 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 over Jan-Lennard Struff.Tsitsipas trailed the German by a set and 3-1 but suddenly came alive as his game started to fall into place.
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