The first racket of Ukraine Alexander Dolgopolov after two successful rounds of qualification continued to win and in the main grid of the tournament Western & Southern Open in the American Cincinnati.

In the first round of the main grid, Dolgopolov defeated 27-meter world champion Kevin Anderson from the APA in two sets.

The game lasted 1 hour and 34 minutes and ended with a score of 6: 4, 7: 6.

Note that last year, Dolgopolov and Anderson already met in the first round of Masters in Cincinnati, but the Ukrainian then failed to complete the match due to injury.

In the second round, Alexander will enter the court against the 23rd world racket of Australian Nick Kirios.