Montreal Masters: Arnaldi advances to second round

Italian Matteo Arnaldi edged out American qualifier Mackenzie McDonald 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Montreal Masters at Stade IGA on Wednesday evening.

Arnaldi, ranked No 46, will play Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 16 seed, next.

Montreal Masters 1000, other first-round results (Stade IGA, hard, USD 6.795.555, most recent results first):

• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Gael Monfils
• Sebastian Korda vs. Vasek Pospisil
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Mariano Navone vs. Taylor Fritz
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• James Duckworth vs. Marcos Giron
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Tomas Machac
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Borna Coric vs. Pedro Martinez
• Ugo Humbert vs. Arthur Fils: wednesday
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Roman Safiullin: wednesday
• Alexander Bublik vs. Ben Shelton: wednesday
• Jordan Thompson beat Jack Draper: 7-5, 6-2
• Rinky Hijikata (Q) beat Taro Daniel (Q): 6-1, 7-5
• Tommy Paul (10) beat Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• Alejandro Tabilo (15) beat Frances Tiafoe: 6-4, 6-2
• Pablo Carreno Busta beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-7 (8), 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Holger Rune (13) beat Roberto Bautista Agut (LL): 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
• Karen Khachanov beat Gabriel Diallo (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Nuno Borges beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Nicolas Jarry: 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-2
• Kei Nishikori beat Alex Michelsen: 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Tallon Griekspoor: 7-6 (7), 5-7, 6-4