Montreal Masters: Popyrin stuns Dimitrov to move into quarter-finals
Alexei Popyrin beat Grigor Dimitrov 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 and will play the winner of the match between Arthur Rinderknech and Hubert Hurkacz in the next round
Alexei Popyrin – Virginie Bouyer / Panoramic
Australian Alexei Popyrin beat Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 7 seed, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Montreal Masters at Stade IGA.
Popyrin, ranked No 62, will play the winner of the match between French qualifier Arthur Rinderknech and Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 4 seed, next.
Earlier in the tournament, the Australian won against Tomas Machac (6-3, 6-4) and American Ben Shelton, the No 11 seed (6-4, 7-6 (4)).
Dimitrov, ranked No 10, defeated Australian qualifier Rinky Hijikata (6-1, 6-0) in the previous round of the Rogers Cup.
Montreal Masters 1000, other last-16 results (Stade IGA, hard, USD 6.795.555, most recent results first):
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Casper Ruud vs. Sebastian Korda
- Holger Rune vs. Alexander Zverev: saturday
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Alejandro Tabilo (15): 6-4, 6-3
- Kei Nishikori beat Nuno Borges: 6-3, 6-4
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 3-0 ret.
- Andrey Rublev (5) beat Brandon Nakashima (Q): 6-2, 6-2
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