Toronto Masters: McDonald moves past Karatsev, into second round against Rublev

Mackenzie McDonald beat Aslan Karatsev 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday and will play No 6 seed Andrey Rublev in the next round.

Mackenzie McDonald Zhuhai Open 2023 (Action Plus/Panoramic)
National Bank Open presented by Rogers •Second round • completed
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American Mackenzie McDonald moved into the second round of the Toronto Masters by beating Russian Aslan Karatsev 6-3, 6-4 at the Aviva Centre on Tuesday evening.

McDonald, ranked No 59, will play No 6 seed Andrey Rublev next.

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

  • Andy Murray beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-6 (3), 6-0
  • Sebastian Korda beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 6-2
  • Marcos Giron (Q) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6)
  • Matteo Arnaldi (Q) beat Vasek Pospisil (WC): 6-4, 6-4
  • 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
  • Gabriel Diallo vs. Daniel Evans
  • Ben Shelton vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
  • Alex De Minaur vs. Cameron Norrie
  • Aleksandar Vukic vs. Borna Coric
  • Alexander Zverev vs. Tallon Griekspoor
  • Ugo Humbert vs. Nicolas Jarry

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