Montreal Masters: Qualifier Coric gets win over Martinez, into round two

Croat qualifier Borna Coric reached the second round of the Montreal Masters by winning against Spaniard Pedro Martinez in straight sets (6-4 6-4) on Wednesday.

However, for Coric, ranked No 94, it will not get any easier, as he will face top seed Jannik Sinner on Thursday.

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

• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Gael Monfils
• Sebastian Korda vs. Vasek Pospisil
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Mariano Navone vs. Taylor Fritz
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Tomas Machac
• James Duckworth vs. Marcos Giron: wednesday
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Brandon Nakashima: wednesday
• Ugo Humbert (12) beat Arthur Fils: 6-2, 6-2
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Roman Safiullin: 6-2, 7-5
• Ben Shelton (11) beat Alexander Bublik: 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Jordan Thompson beat Jack Draper: 7-5, 6-2
• Rinky Hijikata (Q) beat Taro Daniel (Q): 6-1, 7-5
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Mackenzie McDonald (Q): 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Tommy Paul (10) beat Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• Alejandro Tabilo (15) beat Frances Tiafoe: 6-4, 6-2
• Pablo Carreno Busta beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-7 (8), 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Holger Rune (13) beat Roberto Bautista Agut (LL): 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
• Karen Khachanov (16) beat Gabriel Diallo (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Nuno Borges beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Nicolas Jarry: 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-2
• Kei Nishikori beat Alex Michelsen: 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Tallon Griekspoor: 7-6 (7), 5-7, 6-4