Muller, Royer, Coric: Friday, August 8 Schedule in Cincinnati

This Friday marks the second day of the Cincinnati Masters 1000. Numerous first-round matches will take place in the coming hours. On Center Court, in the second slot, Borna Coric, the 2022 Ohio champion, will make his debut against qualifier Emilio Nava.

Following that, Alexandre Muller will take on Jenson Brooksby. In the evening session, Aleksandar Vukic, who replaced the withdrawn Gaël Monfils, will face Nishesh Basavareddy.

On the Grandstand, starting at 5 PM French time, Kei Nishikori will make his return to competition. The Japanese player, absent from the tour since May, will take on Camilo Ugo Carabelli.

At 1 AM on the same court, the second men’s match will feature Learner Tien against Leandro Riedi. As for Court 3, two men’s matches will kick off the day’s program: Tristan Boyer vs. Brandon Holt and Marcos Giron vs. Alexander Blockx.

Meanwhile, on Champions Court, three ATP tournament matches will follow in the latter part of the day. First, Hugo Dellien will challenge Reilly Opelka, Martin Landaluce will face Patrick Kypson, and Valentin Royer, who came through qualifying, will have to overcome Sebastian Ofner.

If successful, Royer would then meet a top seed in the form of Karen Khachanov, who just played the Toronto Masters 1000 final against Ben Shelton in Canada.

On Court 10, there will be two Serbia-USA clashes, as Miomir Kecmanovic first takes on Ethan Quinn, followed by Hamad Medjedovic against Aleksandar Kovacevic.

As for the last three courts, five more matches will take place throughout the day: Francisco Comesaña vs. Jaume Munar, Daniel Altmaier vs. Roberto Bautista Agut, Luca Nardi vs. Thiago Agusto Tirante, Adam Walton vs. Mariano Navone, and Mattia Bellucci vs. Damir Dzumhur.