Montreal Masters: Rune makes last 16, faces Zverev next

Holger Rune defeated Pablo Carreno Busta 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday and will play German Alexander Zverev, the second seed, in the next round

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Denmark’s Holger Rune, the No 13 seed, won against Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the last 16 of the Montreal Masters at Stade IGA on Thursday.

Rune, ranked No 17, will face German Alexander Zverev, the second seed, next.

The 21-year-old Dane defeated Spanish lucky loser Roberto Bautista Agut (6-2, 3-6, 6-2) in the previous round of the Rogers Cup.

In the previous round of the Rogers Cup, Carreno Busta won against Hungarian Fabian Marozsan (6-7 (8), 7-6 (6), 6-3).

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

  • Matteo Arnaldi beat Karen Khachanov (16): 7-5, 7-5
  • Grigor Dimitrov (7) beat Rinky Hijikata (Q): 6-1, 6-0
  • Alexander Zverev beat Jordan Thompson: 6-1, 6-1
  • 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
  • Sebastian Korda vs. Taylor Fritz
  • Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Hubert Hurkacz
  • Flavio Cobolli vs. Arthur Rinderknech
  • Alexei Popyrin vs. Ben Shelton
  • Lorenzo Sonego vs. Alejandro Tabilo
  • Jannik Sinner vs. Borna Coric
  • Casper Ruud vs. James Duckworth

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