Tiafoe rolls on at Cincinnati Open after defeating Musetti

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tiafoe-frances/AHDLJaph/"]Tiafoe[/a] needed more than two hours and four match points to complete ‌the win over 10th seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/musetti-lorenzo/xtH2ODVI/"]Musetti[/a] on a humid night in Ohio, with nearby thunderstorms threatening ‌but never interrupting play.[/p][p]Tiafoe, seeking to revive a summer disrupted by ‌early exits in Washington and Montreal as well as a wrist injury, played aggressively ‌throughout, firing 18 winners before sealing victory with an unreturnable serve.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/musetti-l-xtH2ODVI/tiafoe-f-AHDLJaph/?mid=tfDDNanI"]Check out the full matchup stats here.[/a][/b][/p][p]Tiafoe owns ‌a 6-1 career record against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nakashima-brandon/ETGnbrpH/"]Nakashima[/a] but will face a player in confident form after Nakashima rallied from a break down in the deciding set to beat fellow American ‌and sixth seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fritz-taylor/UH09iaZ6/"]Taylor Fritz[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/fritz-t-UH09iaZ6/nakashima-b-ETGnbrpH/?mid=thAXTt8b"]7-6(9) 4-6 6-3[/a].[/p][p]Nakashima ⁠has now reached the last four ‌at back-to-back Masters 1000 events after his run in Montreal last week, capping another impressive ​turnaround on the North American hard courts ahead of the U.S. Open, which starts later this month.[/p][embed guid="06edcc13-ab3d-4129-b3ba-f795a8eaa869" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLXw7um5Y4o&pp=ygUDYXRw0gcJCRMMAYcqIYzv" social-type="youtube" /]