Toronto Masters: Barrios Vera saved four match points to beat Monfils
Tomas Barrios Vera edged out Gael Monfils 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3) on Sunday evening
Tomas Barrios Vera, Toronto 2025 – © Zuma / Psnewz
Chilean qualifier Tomas Barrios Vera edged out Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3) to reach the second round of the Toronto Masters at the Aviva Centre on Sunday evening.
He saved four match points in the third set before winning the tie-break 7-3. “I saved many match points in the third set. It was super tight. I just tried to fight every point. In these conditions, it’s super hot and fast, I tried to serve very well and win many points on return.”
Toronto Masters 1000, other first-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 9.193.540, most recent results first):
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Alexis Galarneau
- Corentin Moutet vs. Jenson Brooksby
- Liam Draxl vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Hugo Dellien
- Borna Coric vs. Matteo Gigante
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli
- Tristan Boyer vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
- Marcos Giron vs. Adrian Mannarino
- Francisco Comesana vs. Damir Dzumhur
- Tristan Schoolkate vs. Joao Fonseca
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Hugo Gaston
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
- Yosuke Watanuki vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Alexander Blockx vs. Luciano Darderi
- Dan Martin vs. Jaume Munar
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. David Goffin
- Vit Kopriva vs. Yunchaokete Bu
- Ethan Quinn vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
- Juncheng Shang vs. James Duckworth
- Facundo Bagnis vs. Vasek Pospisil
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Quentin Halys
- Emilio Nava vs. Zizou Bergs
- Nicolas Arseneault vs. Valentin Royer
- Roman Safiullin vs. Ugo Blanchet: sunday
- Jacob Fearnley vs. Juan Pablo Ficovich: sunday
- Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: sunday
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard beat Shintaro Mochizuki (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Learner Tien beat Colton Smith (Q): 6-4, 7-5
- Reilly Opelka beat Sebastian Ofner: 7-6 (6), 7-5
- Adam Walton beat Benjamin Bonzi: 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
