Toronto Masters: Resilient Arnaldi sees off Canada’s Pospisil, meets Medvedev next

Italian qualifier Matteo Arnaldi advanced to the second round of the Toronto Masters by beating Canadian wildcard Vasek Pospisil 6-4, 6-4 at the Aviva Centre on Tuesday night.

🇨🇦Vasek Pospisil falls to 🇮🇹Matteo Arnaldi in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 at @NBOtoronto.

Tough loss for the Canadian who had chances to get back in the match but couldn’t capitalize. #NBO23 pic.twitter.com/2mirUC8fHn

— Lukas Weese (@Weesesports) August 8, 2023

Arnaldi, ranked No 66, showed great resilience to overcome an early break in the match, with the home crowd well and truly supporting his local opponent. Next up, the Italian plays second seed Daniil Medvedev.

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Toronto Masters, other first-round matches (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 6,600,000):

• Tommy Paul (12) beat Diego Schwartzman (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Cristian Garin (Q): 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-4
• Milos Raonic (WC) beat Frances Tiafoe (9): 6-7 (12), 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Taro Daniel (Q) beat Adrian Mannarino: 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Gael Monfils beat Christopher Eubanks: 7-6 (3), 6-7 (4), 6-1
• Thanasi Kokkinakis (Q) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 7-5, 6-4
• Hubert Hurkacz (15) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Matteo Berrettini beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-4, 6-3
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat J.J. Wolf: 6-0, 6-2
• Jiri Lehecka beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (2)
• Lorenzo Musetti (16) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-4, 6-1
• Francisco Cerundolo beat Alexis Galarneau (WC): 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Max Purcell
• Ben Shelton vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Daniel Evans
• Alex De Minaur vs. Cameron Norrie
• Alexander Zverev vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Borna Coric
• Ugo Humbert vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Andy Murray
• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Aslan Karatsev
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Sebastian Korda
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Marcos Giron