Montreal Masters: Borges defeats Kecmanovic for first Masters 1000 win on hardcourts

Portugal’s Nuno Borges moved into the second round of the Montreal Masters by edging out Serb Miomir Kecmanovic 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 at Stade IGA on Tuesday.

Borges, ranked No 43, will play the winner of the match between No 12 seed Ugo Humbert and Arthur Fils next.

This was the Portuguese player’s first Masters 1000 win on hardcourts and he also becomes the first from his country to win a match at the Canadian Masters.

Montreal Masters 1000, other first-round matches (Stade IGA, hard, USD 6,795,555):

• Karen Khachanov (16) beat Gabriel Diallo (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Kei Nishikori beat Alex Michelsen: 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Tallon Griekspoor: 7-6 (7), 5-7, 6-4
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Jordan Thompson vs. Jack Draper
• Mariano Navone vs. Taylor Fritz
• Sebastian Korda vs. Vasek Pospisil
• Cameron Norrie vs. Marcos Giron
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Gael Monfils
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Alexander Bublik vs. Ben Shelton
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Tomas Machac
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Taro Daniel
• Ugo Humbert vs. Arthur Fils
• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Roman Safiullin
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Tommy Paul vs. Luciano Darderi
• Borna Coric vs. Pedro Martinez
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Holger Rune vs. Milos Raonic
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Alejandro Tabilo

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