On August 9, 2025, the men's singles second round of the WTA 1000 Cincinnati event commenced. Defending champion and world number one Sinner swiftly defeated qualifier Gran with a score of 6-1/6-1 in just 59 minutes, marking a successful start to his post-Wimbledon debut.
Sinner
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Fourth seed Fritz overcame Nava with a score of 6-4/6-4, seventh seed Rune eliminated Safiullin with 7-5/7-6(5), tenth seed Tiafoe defeated Baena 6-4/6-3, and thirteenth seed Paul easily won against Martinez with 6-2/6-2, all advancing to the next round.
Eighth seed Musetti lost to Botic with 7-5/4-6/6-7(4), eleventh seed Ruud fell to Lindeknecht with 7-6(5)/4-6/2-6, and fifteenth seed Cobolli was defeated by Altmaier with 4-6/6-3/6-7(5), exiting in their debuts. Seventeenth seed Davidovich Fokina chose to retire while trailing 7-6(4)/4-5, allowing his opponent Fonseca to advance.
Other match results
[20] Humbert 6-3/6-4 Huang Zelin[Q]
[23] Auger-Aliassime 6-2/7-6(3) Etcheverry
[25] Tsitsipas 7-6(3)/6-2 Marlozan
[28] Mickelson 3-6/6-3/6-4 Moutet
[30] Diallo 7-5/6-4 Baez
[Q] Mannarino 6-3/6-3 Khachanov[19]
[31] Sonego 6-3/7-6(4) Berrettini
(Written and edited by: Dato)