Montreal Masters: Humbert defeats fellow Frenchman Fils in round one
Ugo Humbert put on a dominant display of tennis against Arthur Fils on Wednesday evening, winning in straight sets (6-2 6-2).
Ugo Humbert, Wimbledon 2024
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No 12 seed Ugo Humbert reached the second round of the Montreal Masters by overcoming compatriot Arthur Fils (6-2, 6-2) in an impressive performance.
Humbert, ranked No 15 in the world, will face Portuguese Nuno Borges next, who recently won his first title in Bastad.
Montreal Masters 1000, other first-round results (most recent results first):
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Gael Monfils
- Sebastian Korda vs. Vasek Pospisil
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Mariano Navone vs. Taylor Fritz
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Tomas Machac
- James Duckworth vs. Marcos Giron
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Brandon Nakashima: wednesday
- Borna Coric vs. Pedro Martinez: wednesday
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Roman Safiullin: 6-2, 7-5
- Ben Shelton (11) beat Alexander Bublik: 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Jordan Thompson beat Jack Draper: 7-5, 6-2
- Rinky Hijikata (Q) beat Taro Daniel (Q): 6-1, 7-5
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Mackenzie McDonald (Q): 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Tommy Paul (10) beat Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Alejandro Tabilo (15) beat Frances Tiafoe: 6-4, 6-2
- Pablo Carreno Busta beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-7 (8), 7-6 (6), 6-3
- Holger Rune (13) beat Roberto Bautista Agut (LL): 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
- Karen Khachanov (16) beat Gabriel Diallo (WC): 6-4, 6-4
- Nuno Borges beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Nicolas Jarry: 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-2
- Kei Nishikori beat Alex Michelsen: 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Tallon Griekspoor: 7-6 (7), 5-7, 6-4
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