Montreal Masters: Evans reaches last 16, beating Rublev

Daniel Evans won against Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 5 seed, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the last 16 of the Montreal Masters at Stade IGA on Wednesday night.

Evans, ranked No 39, will face No 10 seed Taylor Fritz next.

Daniel Evans defeated Serb Filip Krajinovic (6-2, 1-6, 6-0) in the previous round of the Coupe Rogers.

Montreal Masters 1000, other second-round results (most recent results first):

• Jack Draper vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas: thursday
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime: thursday
• Cameron Norrie (9) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-1, 6-2
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas beat Diego Schwartzman (12): 6-4, 6-2
• Taylor Fritz beat Frances Tiafoe: 5-7, 6-1, 6-4
• Gael Monfils (17) beat Maxime Cressy: 7-6 (10), 7-6 (6)
• Marin Čilić (13) beat Karen Khachanov: 6-3, 6-2
• Alex De Minaur beat Grigor Dimitrov (15): 7-6 (4), 7-5
• Nick Kyrgios beat Daniil Medvedev (1): 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-2
• Jannik Sinner (7) beat Adrian Mannarino (Q): 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Pablo Carreno Busta beat Holger Rune: 6-0, 6-3
• Roberto Bautista Agut (14) beat Jenson Brooksby: 7-5, 6-1
• Tommy Paul beat Carlos Alcaraz (2): 6-7 (4), 7-6 (7), 6-3
• Casper Ruud (4) beat Alex Molcan: 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2