Fritz races past Navone in Montreal

American Taylor Fritz, the No 9 seed, advanced to the second round of the Montreal Masters by winning against Argentinian Mariano Navone 6-4, 6-1 at Stade IGA on Wednesday evening.

Fritz, ranked No 13, will face the winner of the match between American Sebastian Korda and Canadian wildcard Vasek Pospisil next.

Montreal Masters 1000, other first-round results (Stade IGA, hard, USD 6.795.555, most recent results first):

• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Gael Monfils
• Sebastian Korda vs. Vasek Pospisil
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Arthur Rinderknech: wednesday
• Alexei Popyrin beat Tomas Machac: 6-3, 6-4
• James Duckworth (LL) beat Marcos Giron: 6-4, 6-1
• Brandon Nakashima (Q) beat Denis Shapovalov (WC): 6-4, 7-5
• Borna Coric (Q) beat Pedro Martinez: 6-4, 6-4
• Ugo Humbert (12) beat Arthur Fils: 6-2, 6-2
• 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