But tiafoe

Next Gen ATP Finals: Home favourite Frances Tiafoe put together a high-quality first-round display to down Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 7-6(6) at the Cincinnati Open.

Tiafoe produced some moments of magic, particularly off his forehand wing, to improve to 9-2 in opening-round matches on hard courts this year.

With his win, Tiafoe improved to 2-0 in his ATP head-to-head series with Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. The 26-year-old’s next opponent in Ohio will be 14th seed Lorenzo Musetti or Nicolas Jarry.