Toronto Masters: Giron books spot in second round against Rune
The American defeats Emil Ruusuvuori 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6) in the first round on Tuesday
Marcos Giron at the Boss Open ATP 250 Stuttgart in June 2022
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American qualifier Marcos Giron beat Finn Emil Ruusuvuori 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6) to reach the second round of the Toronto Masters at the Aviva Centre on Tuesday evening.
Giron, ranked No 70, will face No 5 seed Holger Rune next.
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Marcos Giron with a gem to take down Ruusuvuori in two tie-break sets@NBOtoronto | #NBO23 pic.twitter.com/BuWGC3hgrq
Toronto Masters, other first-round matches (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 6,600,000):
- Sebastian Korda beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 6-2
- 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. Daniel Evans
- Alex De Minaur vs. Cameron Norrie
- Alexander Zverev vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Borna Coric
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Aslan Karatsev
- Ugo Humbert vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Andy Murray
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