Montreal Masters: 5th seed Rublev moves past tricky Etcheverry

Andrey Rublev won against Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7-6 (3), 6-2 on Thursday and will play qualifier Brandon Nakashima, who upset Tommy Paul, in the next round

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Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 5 seed, beat Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7-6 (3), 6-2 to move into the last 16 of the Montreal Masters at Stade IGA on Thursday. 

Rublev, who has been short on match wins recently, will play qualifier Brandon Nakashima next. The American upset Tommy Paul in his previous match.

In the previous round of the Rogers Cup, Etcheverry, ranked No 38, won against Chilean Nicolas Jarry (7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-2).

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

  • Sebastian Korda vs. Taylor Fritz
  • Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Hubert Hurkacz
  • Flavio Cobolli vs. Arthur Rinderknech
  • Lorenzo Sonego vs. Alejandro Tabilo
  • Alexei Popyrin vs. Ben Shelton
  • Holger Rune vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
  • Jannik Sinner vs. Borna Coric
  • Casper Ruud vs. James Duckworth
  • Matteo Arnaldi vs. Karen Khachanov
  • Grigor Dimitrov vs. Rinky Hijikata: thursday
  • Jordan Thompson vs. Alexander Zverev: thursday
  • Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Daniil Medvedev (3): 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
  • Kei Nishikori beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (8): 6-4, 6-4
  • Nuno Borges beat Ugo Humbert (12): 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4)
  • Brandon Nakashima beat Tommy Paul (10): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-1

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