Draper fights back to beat Tsitsipas in Cincinnati

British number 1 Jack Draper fought backmost from a group down to hit Stefanos Tsitsipas and scope nan Cincinnati Open 3rd round.

Tsitsipas, classed 11th successful nan world, collapsed for 5-4 successful nan deciding set, but Draper won 12 of nan past 17 points to wrap up a 3-6 6-4 7-5 victory.

"In wide my grit, my determination and cognition won maine nan crippled today, truthful I americium very proud of that," Draper, nan world number 28, said successful his on-court interview.

The 22-year-old will look Norwegian seventh seed Casper Ruud aliases Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime next.

Tsitsipas, a erstwhile runner-up astatine nan Australian Open and French Open, was playing successful his first tourney since stopping his coaching partnership pinch his begetter Apostolos.

In nan opening information of nan women's event, defending champion Coco Gauff was beaten 6-4 6-2 6-4 by Kazakh world number 34 Yulia Putintseva.

"I consciousness for illustration I person to activity connected consistency, overall," Gauff, 20, said.

The US Open champion will suffer her world number 2 spot to Aryna Sabalenka, who claimed a comfortable 6-3 6-4 triumph against Italy's Elisabetta Cocciaretto.

Fourth seed Elena Rybakina grounded to person 2 lucifer points earlier Canada's Leylah Fernandez progressed pinch a 3-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 victory.

Men's world number 4 Alexander Zverev defeated Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-2, while sixth seed Andrey Rublev saw disconnected China's Zhizhen Zhang 6-4 6-3.