De Minaur sends Norrie to early exit in Toronto

Australian Alex De Minaur reached the second round of the Toronto Masters by winning against No 11 seed Cameron Norrie 7-5, 6-4 at the Aviva Centre on Tuesday evening.

De Minaur, ranked No 18, will play the winner of the match between Canadian wildcard Gabriel Diallo and Dan Evans next.

Demon locked in 🔒@alexdeminaur takes out 11th seed Norrie 7-5 6-4 to reach R2!#NBO23 pic.twitter.com/hBuTk4qlOf

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 8, 2023

The 24-year-old Aussie has only won three matches at the Masters 1000 level this season, but he was able to avenge a 6-3 6-3 loss to Norrie from earlier this year at United Cup in Australia. De Minaur reached the final in Los Cabos last week where he was beaten by Stefanos Tsitsipas.

“It was definitely not easy conditions out here. It was blowing a gale, it didn’t make for pretty tennis,” De Minaur said after his win as quoted by the ATP Tour. “So I think we both struggled a bit out here today, but I’m happy I was able to get the win over an incredible opponent.”

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Toronto Masters, other first-round matches (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 6,600,000):

• Aleksandar Vukic (LL) beat Borna Coric (14): 6-2, 6-3
• Alexander Zverev (13) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-3, 6-4
• Ugo Humbert beat Nicolas Jarry: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Andy Murray beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-6 (3), 6-0
• Sebastian Korda beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 6-2
• Marcos Giron (Q) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6)
• Matteo Arnaldi (Q) beat Vasek Pospisil (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Tommy Paul (12) beat Diego Schwartzman (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Cristian Garin (Q): 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-4
• Milos Raonic (WC) beat Frances Tiafoe (9): 6-7 (12), 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Taro Daniel (Q) beat Adrian Mannarino: 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Gael Monfils beat Christopher Eubanks: 7-6 (3), 6-7 (4), 6-1
• Thanasi Kokkinakis (Q) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 7-5, 6-4
• Hubert Hurkacz (15) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Matteo Berrettini beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-4, 6-3
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat J.J. Wolf: 6-0, 6-2
• Jiri Lehecka beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (2)
• Lorenzo Musetti (16) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-4, 6-1
• Francisco Cerundolo beat Alexis Galarneau (WC): 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Max Purcell
• Ben Shelton vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Dan Evans