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British number one Jack Draper fought back from a set down to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas and reach the Cincinnati Open third round.<\/b><\/p>\n
Tsitsipas, ranked 11th in the world, broke for 5-4 in the deciding set, but Draper won 12 of the last 17 points to wrap up a 3-6 6-4 7-5 victory.<\/p>\n
“In general my grit, my determination and attitude won me the game today, so I am very proud of that,” Draper, the world number 28, said in his on-court interview.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old will face Norwegian seventh seed Casper Ruud or Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime next.<\/p>\n
Tsitsipas, a former runner-up at the Australian Open and French Open, was playing in his first tournament since stopping his coaching partnership<\/a> with his father Apostolos.<\/p>\n In the opening round of the women’s event, defending champion Coco Gauff <\/b>was beaten 6-4 6-2 6-4 by Kazakh world number 34 Yulia Putintseva.<\/b><\/p>\n “I feel like I have to work on consistency, overall,” Gauff, 20, said.<\/p>\n The US Open champion will lose her world number two spot to Aryna Sabalenka<\/b>, who claimed a comfortable 6-3 6-4 win against Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto.<\/p>\n Fourth seed Elena Rybakina failed to convert two match points before Canada’s Leylah Fernandez<\/b> progressed with a 3-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 victory.<\/p>\n Men’s world number four Alexander Zverev<\/b> defeated Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-2, while sixth seed Andrey Rublev <\/b>saw off China’s Zhizhen Zhang 6-4 6-3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n