Montreal Masters: Paul, stronger than Pospisil, into second round
Tommy Paul defeated Vasek Pospisil 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday.

American Tommy Paul advanced to the second round of the Montreal Masters by defeating Canadian wildcard Vasek Pospisil 6-4, 6-4 at Stade IGA on Tuesday.
Montreal Masters 1000, other first-round matches (Stade IGA, hard, USD 6.573.785):
- Andy Murray vs. Taylor Fritz
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- David Goffin vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
- Diego Schwartzman vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Benjamin Bonzi
- Benoit Paire vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Cameron Norrie vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Sebastian Baez vs. Nick Kyrgios
- Hugo Gaston vs. Jack Draper
- Fabio Fognini vs. Holger Rune
- Marcos Giron vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Alex De Minaur
- Filip Krajinovic vs. Daniel Evans
- Gael Monfils vs. Pedro Martinez
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Alexis Galarneau vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Marin Čilić vs. Borna Coric:
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Maxime Cressy
- Pablo Carreno Busta beat Matteo Berrettini (11): 6-3, 6-2
- Jenson Brooksby beat Alexander Bublik: 6-2, 6-3
- Alex Molcan beat Mackenzie McDonald: 7-6 (1), 6-4
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Stan Wawrinka: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
- Karen Khachanov beat Francisco Cerundolo: 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-3