Toronto Masters: Lehecka wins tight opener over Nakashima, to play Ruud next

Jiri Lehecka reached the second round of the Toronto Masters by edging out American Brandon Nakashima 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (2) at the Aviva Centre on Monday evening.

It was a high-quality encounter, with both players hitting 35 or more winners and only 15 unforced errors. The win is Lehecka’s first over Nakashima, after twice losing to the American at the 2022 Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals Italy.

Lehecka, ranked No 36, will play No 3 seed Casper Ruud next.

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

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