Montreal Masters: Zverev produces masterclass in round two
The German will meet Dane Holger Rune, the No 13 seed, in the next round
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German Alexander Zverev, the second seed, was easily victorious against Australian Jordan Thompson 6-1, 6-1 to advance to the last 16 of the Montreal Masters at Stade IGA on Thursday.
Zverev, ranked No 4, will face Dane Holger Rune, the No 13 seed, next.
In the previous round, Thompson, ranked No 30, was in fine form, and beat Jack Draper (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: thursday
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Karen Khachanov: thursday
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Rinky Hijikata: thursday
- Andrey Rublev (5) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 7-6 (3), 6-2
- 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 (Q) beat Tommy Paul (10): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-1
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