Monte-Carlo Masters: Hurkacz makes last 16 despite valiant Draper effort

Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 10 seed, reached the last 16 of the Monte-Carlo Masters by edging out Jack Draper 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-5 at Monte-Carlo Country Club on Tuesday.

Hurkacz, ranked No 13, will play the winner of the match between Argentinian Diego Schwartzman and Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 7 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Monte-Carlo tournament, the Pole edged out Serb Laslo Djere (6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)).

Draper, ranked No 56, won against Argentinian Sebastian Baez (6-3, 7-5) in the first round of the Monte-Carlo tournament.

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Monte-Carlo Masters, other second-round results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 5.779.335, most recent results first):

• Dominic Thiem vs. Holger Rune
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Taylor Fritz vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Ilya Ivashka vs. Karen Khachanov
• Diego Schwartzman vs. Jannik Sinner
• Luca Nardi vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Casper Ruud
• Alex De Minaur vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Alexander Zverev
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (2) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 4-1 ret.
• Novak Djokovic (1) beat Ivan Gakhov (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Jaume Munar: 4-6, 6-2, 6-2