Montreal Masters: Davidovich Fokina overcomes Safiullin in round one
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Roman Safiullin 6-2, 7-5 on Wednesday evening and will face No 3 seed Daniil Medvedev in the next round
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina at 2-23 Rolex Paris Masters
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Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina moved into the second round of the Montreal Masters by beating Russian Roman Safiullin (6-2, 7-5) on Wednesday afternoon. Davidovich Fokina produced seven break point opportunities, and managed to convert on three, only relinquishing one game on his own serve.
The Spaniard, ranked No 42 in the world, will face No 3 seed Daniil Medvedev, the 2021 Canadian Open champion, next.
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
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Borna Coric vs. Pedro Martinez: wednesday
- Ugo Humbert vs. Arthur Fils: wednesday
- 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
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