Rune flies past Fognini at Montreal Masters

In a matchup between two struggling players, Holger Rune picked up a much-needed win by defeating Fabio Fognini 6-3, 7-5 in round one of the National Bank Open on Tuesday evening. Rune held all 11 of his service games — saving six break points in the process — to advance in one hour and 41 minutes.

Fognini did well to qualify in Montreal, but the Italian is just 2-8 in his last 10 main-draw matches. Rune is 2-8 in his last 10 matches dating back to the French Open quarter-finals.

The world No 26 will play Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta in the next round after Carreno Busta upset Matteo Berrettini in straight sets.

Montreal Masters 1000, other first-round matches and results:

• David Goffin vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
• Diego Schwartzman vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Andy Murray vs. Taylor Fritz
• Benoit Paire vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Cameron Norrie vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Roberto Bautista Agut (14) beat Marcos Giron (Q): 7-6(5), 6-3
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Benjamin Bonzi: tuesday
• Nick Kyrgios beat Sebastian Baez: 6-4, 6-4
• Alex De Minaur beat Denis Shapovalov: 7-5, 7-6(4)
• Jack Draper (Q) beat Hugo Gaston (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Daniel Evans beat Filip Krajinovic: 6-2, 1-6, 6-0
• Adrian Mannarino (Q) beat Arthur Rinderknech (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov (15) beat Alexis Galarneau (WC): 6-4, 7-5
• Gael Monfils (17) beat Pedro Martinez: 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-2
• Marin Čilić (13) beat Borna Coric: 6-3, 6-2
• Maxime Cressy beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-4, 6-4
• Tommy Paul beat Vasek Pospisil (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Pablo Carreno Busta beat Matteo Berrettini (11): 6-3, 6-2
• Jenson Brooksby beat Alexander Bublik: 6-2, 6-3
• Alex Molcan beat Mackenzie McDonald: 7-6(1), 6-4
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Stan Wawrinka: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Karen Khachanov beat Francisco Cerundolo: 7-6(4), 5-7, 6-3