Monfils tops Cressy to reach sweet 16 in Montreal

Frenchman Gael Monfils, the No 17 seed, beat American Maxime Cressy 7-6 (10), 7-6 (6) to reach the last 16 of the Montreal Masters at Stade IGA on Wednesday evening.

Monfils, ranked No 20, will play the winner of the match between qualifier Jack Draper and Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 3 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the 35-year-old Frenchman won against Spaniard Pedro Martinez (7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-2).

Cressy, ranked No 31, defeated Russian Aslan Karatsev (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Coupe Rogers.

Montreal Masters 1000, other second-round matches (Stade IGA, hard, USD 6.573.785, most recent results first):

• Jack Draper vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Andrey Rublev vs. Daniel Evans
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Cameron Norrie vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Diego Schwartzman vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas: wednesday
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Taylor Fritz: wednesday
• Marin Čilić (13) beat Karen Khachanov: 6-3, 6-2
• Alex De Minaur beat Grigor Dimitrov (15): 7-6 (4), 7-5
• Nick Kyrgios beat Daniil Medvedev (1): 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-2
• Jannik Sinner (7) beat Adrian Mannarino (Q): 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Pablo Carreno Busta beat Holger Rune: 6-0, 6-3
• Roberto Bautista Agut (14) beat Jenson Brooksby: 7-5, 6-1
• Tommy Paul beat Carlos Alcaraz (2): 6-7 (4), 7-6 (7), 6-3
• Casper Ruud (4) beat Alex Molcan: 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2

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