Sinner's title defence in Cincy stays on track
Top seed Sinner defeated the French qualifier 6-4 7-6 (7-4) after an almost three-hour rain interruption on Wednesday.
The Italian struggled to find his rhythm, failing to serve it out at 6-5 but sealed the tiebreak with back-to-back aces for his 24th consecutive hard-court victory.
Alexander Zverev completed a 6-4 6-4 win over Brandon Nakashima after the match was suspended overnight when he was leading 5-4 in the second set.
The German third seed is set to return to the court later on Wednesday, aiming to avenge last week's Toronto semi-final loss to Russian Karen Khachanov.
Earlier, seventh seed Holger Rune advanced after home favourite Frances Tiafoe was forced to retire with a back injury.
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