Montreal Masters: Hurkacz edges past Kokkinakis to book spot in last 16
Hubert Hurkacz edged out Thanasi Kokkinakis 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6) on Saturday evening. He’ll face French qualifier Arthur Rinderknech in the next round
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Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 4 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Montreal Masters by edging out Australian qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6) at Stade IGA.
Hurkacz, ranked No 6, will face French qualifier Arthur Rinderknech next.
In the previous round of the Rogers Cup, Kokkinakis, ranked No 81, won against Frenchman Gael Monfils (6-3, 6-3).
Montreal Masters 1000, other second-round results (Stade IGA, hard, USD 6.795.555, most recent results first):
- Sebastian Korda beat Taylor Fritz (9): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Arthur Rinderknech beat Flavio Cobolli: 6-3, 6-2
- Alexei Popyrin beat Ben Shelton (11): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Alejandro Tabilo (15) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 6-2
- Holger Rune (13) beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 6-1, 6-3
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Borna Coric (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Casper Ruud (6) beat James Duckworth (LL): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Karen Khachanov (16): 7-5, 7-5
- 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
