Casper Ruud Stops Alex Molcan for Round of 16 at Montreal

Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 4 seed, beat Slovak Alex Molcan 7-6 (3), 6-3 to advance to the last 16 of the Montreal Masters at Stade IGA on Wednesday evening.

Ruud, ranked No 7, will play the winner of the match between American Jenson Brooksby and Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, the No 14 seed, next.

The 23-year-old improves to 36-13 on the season – he reached the quarter-finals in his only previous appearance in Canada on his National Bank Open debut in 2021.

In the previous round of the Coupe Rogers, Molcan, ranked No 42, won against American Mackenzie McDonald (7-6 (1), 6-4).

Montreal Masters 1000, other second-round matches (Stade IGA, hard, USD 6.573.785, most recent results first):

• Jack Draper vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Andrey Rublev vs. Daniel Evans
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Diego Schwartzman vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
• Cameron Norrie vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Marin Čilić vs. Karen Khachanov
• Alex De Minaur vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Taylor Fritz
• Gael Monfils vs. Maxime Cressy
• Jannik Sinner vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Nick Kyrgios
• Holger Rune vs. Pablo Carreno Busta: wednesday
• Jenson Brooksby vs. Roberto Bautista Agut: wednesday
• Tommy Paul vs. Carlos Alcaraz: wednesday
• Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2

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