Montreal Masters: Popyrin stuns Dimitrov to move into quarter-finals

Australian Alexei Popyrin beat Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 7 seed, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Montreal Masters at Stade IGA.

Popyrin, ranked No 62, will play the winner of the match between French qualifier Arthur Rinderknech and Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 4 seed, next.

Earlier in the tournament, the Australian won against Tomas Machac (6-3, 6-4) and American Ben Shelton, the No 11 seed (6-4, 7-6 (4)).

Dimitrov, ranked No 10, defeated Australian qualifier Rinky Hijikata (6-1, 6-0) in the previous round of the Rogers Cup.

Montreal Masters 1000, other last-16 results (Stade IGA, hard, USD 6.795.555, most recent results first):

• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Casper Ruud vs. Sebastian Korda
• Holger Rune vs. Alexander Zverev: saturday
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Alejandro Tabilo (15): 6-4, 6-3
• Kei Nishikori beat Nuno Borges: 6-3, 6-4
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 3-0 ret.
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Brandon Nakashima (Q): 6-2, 6-2