Montreal Masters: Dimitrov swiftly dismisses Hijikata

Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 7 seed, won against Australian qualifier Rinky Hijikata 6-1, 6-0 to move into the last 16 of the Montreal Masters on Thursday.

Dimitrov, who was playing his first match since Wimbledon, will play the winner of the match between Australian Alexei Popyrin and American Ben Shelton, the No 11 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Rogers Cup, Hijikata, ranked No 74, defeated Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel (6-1, 7-5).

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

• Sebastian Korda vs. Taylor Fritz
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Alejandro Tabilo
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Ben Shelton
• Holger Rune vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Jannik Sinner vs. Borna Coric
• Casper Ruud vs. James Duckworth: thursday
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Karen Khachanov: thursday
• Alexander Zverev (2) beat Jordan Thompson: 6-1, 6-1
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Daniil Medvedev (3): 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
• Kei Nishikori beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (8): 6-4, 6-4
• Nuno Borges beat Ugo Humbert (12): 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4)
• Brandon Nakashima (Q) beat Tommy Paul (10): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-1