Montreal Masters: Arnaldi ousts 16th seed Khachanov

Italian Matteo Arnaldi reached the last 16 of the Montreal Masters by defeating Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 16 seed, 7-5, 7-5 at Stade IGA on Thursday.

Arnaldi, ranked No 46, will play Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina next.

In the previous round of the Rogers Cup, the Italian edged out American qualifier Mackenzie McDonald (4-6, 6-4, 6-4).

Khachanov, ranked No 22, won against Canadian wildcard Gabriel Diallo (6-4, 6-4) during the first round of the Rogers Cup.

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

• Grigor Dimitrov (7) beat Rinky Hijikata (Q): 6-1, 6-0
• 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
• Sebastian Korda vs. Taylor Fritz
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Ben Shelton
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Alejandro Tabilo
• Holger Rune vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Jannik Sinner vs. Borna Coric
• Casper Ruud vs. James Duckworth