Kokkinakis breezes past Monfils in Montreal
Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday night and will play No 4 seed Hubert Hurkacz in the next round
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Australian qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis defeated Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Montreal Masters at Stade IGA on Wednesday night.
Kokkinakis, ranked No 81, will play No 4 seed Hubert Hurkacz next.
Montreal Masters 1000, other first-round results (Stade IGA, hard, USD 6.795.555, most recent results first):
- Sebastian Korda beat Vasek Pospisil (WC): 2-1 ret.
- Flavio Cobolli beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (14): 6-3, 6-2
- Arthur Rinderknech (Q) beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
- Taylor Fritz (9) beat Mariano Navone: 6-4, 6-1
- Alexei Popyrin beat Tomas Machac: 6-3, 6-4
- James Duckworth (LL) beat Marcos Giron: 6-4, 6-1
- Brandon Nakashima (Q) beat Denis Shapovalov (WC): 6-4, 7-5
- Borna Coric (Q) beat Pedro Martinez: 6-4, 6-4
- 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
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