Cincinnati Masters Tennis LIVE: Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios pair started their Western and Southern Open campaign with a straight-set victory over Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini on Monday in Cincinnati. Follow Cincinnati Masters LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
Cincinnati Masters Tennis LIVE: Kokkinakis-Kyrgios pair defeat Bolelli-Fognini to enter R2 of Cincinnati Masters
The Australian pair clinched the match by 6-0, 6-4 against Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini in 60 minutes. They will next face top seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury in a second-round clash.
Later in the day, Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares started the campaign with a victory as they edged eighth seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah 4-6, 6-2, 10-7.
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Cincinnati Masters Tennis LIVE: Kokkinakis-Kyrgios pair defeat Bolelli-Fognini to enter R2 of Cincinnati Masters
Murray and Soares will look to keep their momentum when they next face Karen Khachanov and Denis Shapovalov.
On the other hand in the singles category, Cameron Norrie survived a major scare from Dane Holger Rune to reach the second round at the Western & Southern Open on Monday.
In a hard-fought clash, the Briton displayed a mixture of grit and quality as washed up Rune’s powerful groundstrokes, while he broke the 19-year-old’s defences with his aggressive shots to triumph 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-4 after two hours and 34 minutes in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati Masters Tennis LIVE: Kokkinakis-Kyrgios pair defeat Bolelli-Fognini to enter R2 of Cincinnati Masters
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