Taylor Fritz tops Humbert to reaches last 16 at Toronto

American Taylor Fritz, the No 8 seed, beat Frenchman Ugo Humbert 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-3 to advance to the last 16 of the Toronto Masters at the Aviva Centre on Wednesday evening.

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Fritz, ranked No 9, will face the winner of the match between Canadian wildcard Gabriel Diallo and Australian Alex De Minaur next.

Humbert, ranked No 34, edged out Chilean Nicolas Jarry (4-6, 6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Rogers Cup.

Toronto Masters, other second-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 6.600.000, most recent results first):

• Marcos Giron vs. Holger Rune
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Ben Shelton
• Sebastian Korda vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Tommy Paul vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Max Purcell vs. Andy Murray
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Jannik Sinner
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Alex De Minaur
• Alexander Zverev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Gael Monfils
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis: wednesday
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Hubert Hurkacz: wednesday
• Taro Daniel vs. Milos Raonic: wednesday
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Andrey Rublev (6): 6-4, 6-3
• Casper Ruud (3) beat Jiri Lehecka: 7-6 (6), 6-4