Musetti through to last 16 with win over Kokkinakis at Toronto

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.

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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