Montreal Masters: Cobolli knocks out home hope Auger-Aliassime

Italian Flavio Cobolli advanced to the second round of the Montreal Masters by beating Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 14 seed, 6-3, 6-2 at Stade IGA on Wednesday night.

Cobolli, ranked No 33, will face qualifier Arthur Rinderknech next.

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

• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Gael Monfils
• Sebastian Korda beat Vasek Pospisil (WC): 2-1 ret.
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Taylor Fritz (9) beat Mariano Navone: 6-4, 6-1
• Alexei Popyrin beat Tomas Machac: 6-3, 6-4
• James Duckworth (LL) beat Marcos Giron: 6-4, 6-1
• Brandon Nakashima (Q) beat Denis Shapovalov (WC): 6-4, 7-5
• Borna Coric (Q) beat Pedro Martinez: 6-4, 6-4
• Ugo Humbert (12) beat Arthur Fils: 6-2, 6-2
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Roman Safiullin: 6-2, 7-5
• Ben Shelton (11) beat Alexander Bublik: 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Jordan Thompson beat Jack Draper: 7-5, 6-2
• Rinky Hijikata (Q) beat Taro Daniel (Q): 6-1, 7-5
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Mackenzie McDonald (Q): 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Tommy Paul (10) beat Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• Alejandro Tabilo (15) beat Frances Tiafoe: 6-4, 6-2
• Pablo Carreno Busta beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-7 (8), 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Holger Rune (13) beat Roberto Bautista Agut (LL): 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
• Karen Khachanov (16) beat Gabriel Diallo (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Nuno Borges beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Nicolas Jarry: 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-2
• Kei Nishikori beat Alex Michelsen: 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Tallon Griekspoor: 7-6 (7), 5-7, 6-4