Tsitsipas and Aguilar advance at Cincinnati

Greek player Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced to the second round of the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament (1,000 points) after defeating Frenchman Valentin Royer in straight sets in a match that lasted 1 hour and 58 minutes.

Croatian Marin Cilic was eliminated from the tournament in the first round after losing to Spain’s Daniel Munoz Aguilar. The Spanish player, ranked 40th in the world, took 100 minutes to defeat Cilic, who is ranked 85th.

In another first-round match, Frenchman Gael Monfils was knocked out by Australia’s Rinky Hijikata. The defeat carried special emotional weight, as the 39-year-old Monfils, competing on a wildcard in his 14th and final appearance at the tournament, had previously announced his retirement at the end of the 2026 season. After the match, the French star received a warm ovation and a standing applause from the crowd, and the tournament director honored him with a commemorative gift in recognition of his long and illustrious career.

In other matches, Portugal’s Joao Fonseca defeated American Jenson Brooksby, and American Alexander Kovacevic beat Russia’s Karen Khachanov.

In the women’s singles, American Sofia Kenin defeated Germany’s Eva Lys, American Sloane Stephens beat Austria’s Sylvia Hanika, and Czech player Tereza Valentova defeated American Mary Stoiana.