Stefanos Tsitsipas through to last 16 at Western & Southern Open with dominant victory over Kevin Anderson

Fourth seed needed just 69 minutes to see off the 2018 Wimbledon finalist

Fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas moved into the last 16 of the Western & Southern Open with an emphatic 6-1 6-3 win over South Africa’s Kevin Anderson on Sunday.

Anderson had beaten Britain’s Kyle Edmund in three sets on Saturday but had no answer to Tsitsipas, with the Greek 22-year-old needing just 69 minutes to progress.

Tsitsipas will now play the winner between Australian John Millman and American John Isner. Millman beat Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 4-6 6-4 7-6 (2), while Isner overcame Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz 7-5 6-4.

Belgian seventh seed David Goffin was the other player through to the last 16 on Sunday, beating Croatia’s Borna Coric 7-6 (6) 6-4.

In other first round matches, Argentinian ninth seed Diego Schwartzman progressed by beating Denmark’s Casper Ruud 7-6 (2) 6-3, while Britain’s Dan Evans upset Russian 10th seed Andrey Rublev 7-5 3-6 6-2.

Slovenian qualifier Aljaz Bedene upset Chilean 13th seed Cristian Garin 6-4 6-7 (8) 6-0, 11th-seeded Russian Karen Khachanov got past Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik 6-4 6-4, and Bulgarian 14th seed Grigor Dimitrov beat France’s Ugo Humbert 6-3 6-4.

Elsewhere, Andy Murray will take on world No7 Alexander Zverev after the Scot beat Francis Tiafoe despite nine months away from competitive tennis.

The New York tournament, which would normally be held in Cincinnati, is serving as a warm-up event for players ahead of the US Open, which begins on 31 August.

PA