Montreal Masters: Paul books spot in second round
Tommy Paul defeated Luciano Darderi (6-4, 7-6) on Wednesday afternoon. Faces Shapovalov or Nakashima next.
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American Tommy Paul, the No 10 seed, advanced to the second round of the Montreal Masters by defeating Italian Luciano Darderi 6-4, 7-6 (2) at Stade IGA on Wednesday Afternoon.
Paul, ranked No. 12, will face the winner of the match between Canadian wildcard Denis Shapovalov and American qualifier Brandon Nakashima next.
Montreal Masters 1000, other first-round results (Stade IGA, most recent results first):
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Gael Monfils
- Sebastian Korda vs. Vasek Pospisil
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Mariano Navone vs. Taylor Fritz
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- James Duckworth vs. Marcos Giron
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Tomas Machac
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Ugo Humbert vs. Arthur Fils
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Roman Safiullin
- Borna Coric vs. Pedro Martinez
- Alexander Bublik vs. Ben Shelton: wednesday
- Jordan Thompson beat Jack Draper: 7-5, 6-2
- Rinky Hijikata (Q) beat Taro Daniel (Q): 6-1, 7-5
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Matteo Arnaldi: wednesday
- 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
