Toronto Masters: Lehecka advances to last 16
Jiri Lehecka edged out Arthur Fils 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Friday and will play the winner of the match between Canadian Gabriel Diallo, the No 27 seed, and American Taylor Fritz, the second seed, in the next round
Jiri Lehecka (CTK Photobank / Panoramic)
Czech Jiri Lehecka, the No 19 seed, edged out Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 15 seed, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the last 16 of the Toronto Masters at the Aviva Centre on Friday evening.
Lehecka, ranked No 25, will face the winner of the match between Canadian Gabriel Diallo, the No 27 seed, and American Taylor Fritz, the second seed, next.
In the previous round of the Rogers Cup, Fils, ranked No 21, defeated Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta (6-3, 6-4). Toronto marked his return two months after his withdrawal at Roland-Garros.
Toronto Masters 1000, other third-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 9.193.540, most recent results first):
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Ben Shelton
- Alex De Minaur (9) beat Christopher O’Connell: W/O
- Gabriel Diallo vs. Taylor Fritz
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Fabian Marozsan
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Andrey Rublev vs. Lorenzo Sonego: friday
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (20) beat Jakub Mensik (12): 6-2, 6-4
- Alexei Popyrin (18) beat Daniil Medvedev (10): 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
- Holger Rune (5) beat Alexandre Muller (29): 6-2, 6-4
- Alexander Zverev (1) beat Matteo Arnaldi (32): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2
- Learner Tien beat Reilly Opelka: 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Casper Ruud (8) beat Nuno Borges (30): 7-5, 6-4
- Francisco Cerundolo (14) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 6-4
- Alex Michelsen (26) beat Lorenzo Musetti (3): 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Karen Khachanov (11) beat Emilio Nava (Q): 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-1
