Montreal Masters: Rinderknech eases past Cobolli to reach last 16

French qualifier Arthur Rinderknech defeated Italian Flavio Cobolli 6-3, 6-2 to move into the last 16 of the Montreal Masters at Stade IGA.

Rinderknech, ranked No 65, will play the winner of the match between Australian qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis and Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 4 seed, next.

The Frenchman edged out Adrian Mannarino (6-4, 2-6, 6-4) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Rogers Cup, Cobolli, ranked No 33, won against Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 14 seed (6-3, 6-2).

Montreal Masters 1000, other second-round results (Stade IGA, hard, USD 6.795.555, most recent results first):

• Sebastian Korda vs. Taylor Fritz: saturday
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Hubert Hurkacz: saturday
• Alexei Popyrin beat Ben Shelton (11): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Alejandro Tabilo (15) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 6-2
• Holger Rune (13) beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 6-1, 6-3
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Borna Coric (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Casper Ruud (6) beat James Duckworth (LL): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Karen Khachanov (16): 7-5, 7-5
• Grigor Dimitrov (7) beat Rinky Hijikata (Q): 6-1, 6-0
• Alexander Zverev (2) beat Jordan Thompson: 6-1, 6-1
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Daniil Medvedev (3): 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
• Kei Nishikori beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (8): 6-4, 6-4
• Nuno Borges beat Ugo Humbert (12): 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4)
• Brandon Nakashima (Q) beat Tommy Paul (10): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-1