Alex de Minaur exits Cincinnati Open in straight sets

Alex de Minaur’s Cincinnati Open campaign ended in the round of 16 with a 6-3, 6-4 defeat to France’s Arthur Fils in Cincinnati. The Australian lost both sets and was beaten in a match lasting 1:22:15. Fils made the stronger start, taking the opening set 6-3, before completing the result with a 6-4 second set. De Minaur’s supplied event statistics record no sets won and two sets lost, with his result listed as a loss. The defeat brought his involvement in this event to an end.