Montreal Masters: Korda continues fine form with win over Fritz, through to last 16

Sebastian Korda won against Taylor Fritz 6-4, 7-6 (4) on Saturday evening and will play Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 6 seed, in the next round

Seb Korda, Washington, 2024 Seb Korda, 2024 Zuma/Panoramic
National Bank Open presented by Rogers •Third round • completed
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Sebastian Korda edged past No 9 seed Taylor Fritz 6-4, 7-6 (4) to advance to the last 16 of the Montreal Masters at Stade IGA.

Korda, ranked No 18, will play Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 6 seed, next.

Sebastian Korda benefited from the abandonment of Canadian wildcard Vasek Pospisil (2-1) in the previous round of the Rogers Cup.

In the first round of the Rogers Cup, Fritz, ranked No 13, beat Argentinian Mariano Navone (6-4, 6-1).

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

  • Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Hubert Hurkacz: saturday
  • Arthur Rinderknech (Q) beat Flavio Cobolli: 6-3, 6-2
  • Alexei Popyrin beat Ben Shelton (11): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
  • Alejandro Tabilo (15) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 6-2
  • Holger Rune (13) beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 6-1, 6-3
  • Jannik Sinner (1) beat Borna Coric (Q): 6-2, 6-4
  • Casper Ruud beat James Duckworth (LL): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3
  • Matteo Arnaldi beat Karen Khachanov (16): 7-5, 7-5
  • Grigor Dimitrov (7) beat Rinky Hijikata (Q): 6-1, 6-0
  • Alexander Zverev (2) 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

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