ATP Montreal Masters: Hurkacz last qualified of the day and first player in the third round
Hubert Hurkacz defeated Emil Ruusuvuori 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2 on Wednesday night. He’ll face the winner of the match between Argentinian Diego Schwartzman, the No 12 seed, and Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the next round
Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 8 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Montreal Masters by defeating Finn Emil Ruusuvuori 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2 at Stade IGA on Wednesday night.
Hurkacz, ranked No 10, will face the winner of the match between Argentinian Diego Schwartzman, the No 12 seed, and Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas next.
Ruusuvuori, ranked No 44, won against Swiss Stan Wawrinka (6-3, 3-6, 6-3) in the previous round of the Rogers Cup.
Hurkacz is the first player qualified for the third round, in a draw where every seed won their first round except Matteo Berettini, defeated by Pablo Carreño Busta.
Montreal Masters 1000, other second-round matches (Stade IGA, hard, USD 6.573.785, most recent results first):
- Jack Draper vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Andrey Rublev vs. Daniel Evans
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Diego Schwartzman vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
- Cameron Norrie vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Marin Čilić vs. Karen Khachanov
- Alex De Minaur vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Taylor Fritz
- Gael Monfils vs. Maxime Cressy
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Nick Kyrgios
- Holger Rune vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
- Jannik Sinner vs. Adrian Mannarino
- Jenson Brooksby vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Tommy Paul vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Casper Ruud vs. Alex Molcan