Musetti through to last 16 with win over Kokkinakis at Toronto
Lorenzo Musetti edged out Thanasi Kokkinakis 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 on Wednesday evening. He’ll play Russian Daniil Medvedev, the second seed, in the next round
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Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 16 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Toronto Masters by edging out Australian qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 at the Aviva Centre on Wednesday evening.
Musetti, ranked No 19, will play Russian Daniil Medvedev, the second seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the 21-year-old Italian won against Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (6-4, 6-1).
Kokkinakis, ranked No 86, defeated Chinese Zhizhen Zhang (7-5, 6-4) in the previous round of the Rogers Cup.
Toronto Masters, other second-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 6.600.000, most recent results first):
- Marcos Giron vs. Holger Rune
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Ben Shelton
- Sebastian Korda vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Tommy Paul vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Jannik Sinner
- Max Purcell vs. Andy Murray
- Alexander Zverev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: wednesday
- Gabriel Diallo vs. Alex De Minaur: wednesday
- Gael Monfils beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (4): 6-4, 6-3
- Daniil Medvedev beat Matteo Arnaldi (Q): 6-2, 7-5
- Hubert Hurkacz (15) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 5-7, 6-3, 6-0
- Milos Raonic (WC) beat Taro Daniel (Q): 6-4, 6-3
- Taylor Fritz (8) beat Ugo Humbert: 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-3
- Mackenzie McDonald beat Andrey Rublev (6): 6-4, 6-3
- Casper Ruud (3) beat Jiri Lehecka: 7-6 (6), 6-4
