Montreal Masters: 16th seed Khachanov beats wildcard Diallo to reach second round

The Russian will face the winner of the match between American qualifier Mackenzie McDonald and Italian Matteo Arnaldi in the next round

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Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 16 seed, advanced to the second round of the Montreal Masters by winning against Canadian wildcard Gabriel Diallo 6-4, 6-4 at Stade IGA on Tuesday.

Khachanov, ranked No 22, will play the winner of the match between American qualifier Mackenzie McDonald and Italian Matteo Arnaldi next.

The Russian has been struggling in recent weeks, winning just one match (first round win at Wimbledon) in his last four tournaments since the French Open.

Montreal Masters 1000, other first-round matches (Stade IGA, hard, USD 6,795,555):

  • Kei Nishikori beat Alex Michelsen: 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
  • Lorenzo Sonego beat Tallon Griekspoor: 7-6 (7), 5-7, 6-4
  • Jordan Thompson vs. Jack Draper
  • Mariano Navone vs. Taylor Fritz
  • Sebastian Korda vs. Vasek Pospisil
  • Cameron Norrie vs. Marcos Giron
  • Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Gael Monfils
  • Adrian Mannarino vs. Arthur Rinderknech
  • Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Flavio Cobolli
  • Alexander Bublik vs. Ben Shelton
  • Alexei Popyrin vs. Tomas Machac
  • Rinky Hijikata vs. Taro Daniel
  • Ugo Humbert vs. Arthur Fils
  • Mackenzie McDonald vs. Matteo Arnaldi
  • Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Roman Safiullin
  • Denis Shapovalov vs. Brandon Nakashima
  • Tommy Paul vs. Luciano Darderi
  • Borna Coric vs. Pedro Martinez
  • Fabian Marozsan vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
  • Holger Rune vs. Milos Raonic
  • Frances Tiafoe vs. Alejandro Tabilo
  • Nuno Borges vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
  • Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Nicolas Jarry

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