Montreal Masters: Nakashima upsets bronze medallist Paul

Qualifier Brandon Nakashima moved into the last 16 of the Montreal Masters by winning against No 10 seed Tommy Paul 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-1.

Paul recently won a bronze medal in the men’s doubles at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games alongside Taylor Fritz, but put up a valiant fight in the second set to edge a close tie-break. In the third, Nakashima looked the far fresher American on court.

Nakashima, ranked No 52, will face Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 5 seed, next.

Brandon Nakashima defeated Canadian wildcard Denis Shapovalov (6-4, 7-5) in the previous round of the Rogers Cup.

In the previous round of the Rogers Cup, Paul, ranked No 12, won against Italian Luciano Darderi (6-4, 7-6 (2)).

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

• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Daniil Medvedev (3): 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
• Kei Nishikori beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (8): 6-4, 6-4
• Sebastian Korda vs. Taylor Fritz
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Ben Shelton
• Holger Rune vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Casper Ruud vs. James Duckworth
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Alejandro Tabilo
• Jannik Sinner vs. Borna Coric
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Karen Khachanov
• Jordan Thompson vs. Alexander Zverev
• Ugo Humbert vs. Nuno Borges