Toronto Masters: Vukic keeps going, beats Korda, and will now face Monfils
Aleksandar Vukic edged out Sebastian Korda (6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (5)) and will now face Frenchman Gaël Monfils.
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Australian lucky loser Aleksandar Vukic can’t stop winning. He pulled another upset in Toronto on Wednesday by edging out American Sebastian Korda in three sets (6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (5)).
Vukic, ranked No 62, had previously sent Croat Borna Coric (n°14) packing and will face Frenchman Gaël Monfils next.
Korda, ranked No 32, beat Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6-3, 6-2) 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: thursday
- Tommy Paul (12) beat Francisco Cerundolo: 7-6 (2), 6-7 (2), 6-3
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Ben Shelton: 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Jannik Sinner (7) beat Matteo Berrettini: 6-4, 6-3
- Andy Murray beat Max Purcell (Q): 7-6 (2), 3-6, 7-5
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Alexander Zverev (13): 6-1, 6-2
- Alex De Minaur beat Gabriel Diallo (WC): 6-4, 7-5
- Gael Monfils beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (4): 6-4, 6-3
- Daniil Medvedev (2) beat Matteo Arnaldi (Q): 6-2, 7-5
- Lorenzo Musetti (16) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis (Q): 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Hubert Hurkacz (15) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 5-7, 6-3, 6-0
- Milos Raonic (WC) beat Taro Daniel (Q): 6-4, 6-3
- Taylor Fritz (8) beat Ugo Humbert: 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-3
- Mackenzie McDonald beat Andrey Rublev (6): 6-4, 6-3
- Casper Ruud (3) beat Jiri Lehecka: 7-6 (6), 6-4