No rest for Kyrgios, who books spot in second round and meets Medvedev next !
Nick Kyrgios beat Sebastian Baez in straight sets at the Montreal Masters on Tuesday. It will be Kyrgios vs. Daniil Medvedev in the next round.
Australian Nick Kyrgios advanced to the second round of the Montreal Masters by winning against Argentinian Sebastian Baez 6-4, 6-4 at Stade IGA on Tuesday. Kyrgios will meet Daniil Medvedev, seed number one, in the most expected clash of the draw. Medvedev won at Los Cabos last week-end while Kyrgios won at Washington.
Notable fact : Kyrgios was broken for the fist time since Wimbledon final. He lead 5-2 with two breaks in the first set when his lost a service game.
“Medvedev is coming from a title too and he is the No 1 in the world” Kyrgios said. “It’s not like the rankings mean too much as the guy I played today is ranked ahead of me. But Medvedev is a machine.”
Montreal Masters 1000, other first-round results (Stade IGA, hard, USD 6.573.785, most recent results first):
- David Goffin vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas : Tuesday
- Diego Schwartzman vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: Tuesday
- Andy Murray vs. Taylor Fritz: Tuesday
- Benoit Paire vs. Yoshihito Nishioka: Tuesday
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Botic van de Zandschulp: Tuesday
- Cameron Norrie vs. Brandon Nakashima: Tuesday
- Roberto Bautista Agut (14) beat Marcos Giron (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Benjamin Bonzi: tuesday
- Fabio Fognini vs. Holger Rune: tuesday
- Alex De Minaur beat Denis Shapovalov: 7-5, 7-6 (4)
- Jack Draper (Q) beat Hugo Gaston (Q): 6-2, 6-3
- Daniel Evans beat Filip Krajinovic: 6-2, 1-6, 6-0
- Adrian Mannarino (Q) beat Arthur Rinderknech (Q): 6-3, 6-3
- Grigor Dimitrov (15) beat Alexis Galarneau (WC): 6-4, 7-5
- Gael Monfils (17) beat Pedro Martinez: 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-2
- Marin Čilić (13) beat Borna Coric: 6-3, 6-2
- Maxime Cressy beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-4, 6-4
- Tommy Paul beat Vasek Pospisil (WC): 6-4, 6-4
- Pablo Carreno Busta beat Matteo Berrettini (11): 6-3, 6-2
- Jenson Brooksby beat Alexander Bublik: 6-2, 6-3
- Alex Molcan beat Mackenzie McDonald: 7-6 (1), 6-4
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Stan Wawrinka: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
- Karen Khachanov beat Francisco Cerundolo: 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-3