Montreal Masters: Rune makes last 16, faces Zverev next
Holger Rune defeated Pablo Carreno Busta 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday and will play German Alexander Zverev, the second seed, in the next round
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Denmark’s Holger Rune, the No 13 seed, won against Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the last 16 of the Montreal Masters at Stade IGA on Thursday.
Rune, ranked No 17, will face German Alexander Zverev, the second seed, next.
The 21-year-old Dane defeated Spanish lucky loser Roberto Bautista Agut (6-2, 3-6, 6-2) in the previous round of the Rogers Cup.
In the previous round of the Rogers Cup, Carreno Busta won against Hungarian Fabian Marozsan (6-7 (8), 7-6 (6), 6-3).
Montreal Masters 1000, other second-round matches (Stade IGA, hard, USD 6.795.555, most recent results first):
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Karen Khachanov (16): 7-5, 7-5
- Grigor Dimitrov (7) beat Rinky Hijikata (Q): 6-1, 6-0
- Alexander Zverev 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
- Sebastian Korda vs. Taylor Fritz
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Ben Shelton
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Alejandro Tabilo
- Jannik Sinner vs. Borna Coric
- Casper Ruud vs. James Duckworth
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