World No 8 Cobolli crashes out to Hanfmann in Montreal second round
Flavio Cobolli’s baffling season took another twist in Montreal, where the world No 8 became the first seed out, beaten 7-6(5), 7-6(2) by Yannick Hanfmann.
Flavio Cobolli, 2026 | © FITP
Flavio Cobolli has become the first seeded casualty of the National Bank Open presented by Rogers. The Italian No 6 seed and world No 8 was beaten 7-6(5), 7-6(2) by Germany’s Yannick Hanfmann on Wednesday night, going down in two tight tiebreaks in the second round.
For the 34-year-old Hanfmann, ranked No 45, it was a statement win — his first victory over a top-10 player in three years. Having earlier seen off Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi (6-1, 4-6, 6-2), he now meets the winner of Nuno Borges and No 26 seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry.
The result underlines just how uneven Cobolli’s breakthrough season has been. A Roland-Garros finalist and Wimbledon quarter-finalist in 2026, he has laced those headline runs with jarring early exits — first-round losses at Halle, at Umag (to Roman Burruchaga) and now in Montreal.
He has now lost his opening match at a tournament for the eighth time in 2026 (9-8 in first matches). Remarkably, the inconsistency hasn’t hurt his bigger picture – deep runs at the majors still have him sitting fourth in the ATP Race.
Here’s the 2nd round (Round of 32) match list with seed numbers included:
Montreal Masters 1000, second round
- A. Zverev (1) vs T. Griekspoor: Wednesday
- F. Marozsan vs M. Arnaldi (30): Wednesday
- U. Humbert (24) vs D. Merida: Wednesday
- A. Michelsen vs F. Cerundolo (16): Wednesday
- L. Tien (12) vs G. Monfils: Wednesday
- V. Royer vs T. Paul (17): Wednesday
- R. Collignon (32) vs A. Popyrin: Wednesday
- T. Tirante vs T. Fritz (7): Wednesday
- D. Medvedev (4) vs B. van de Zandschulp: Wednesday
- H. Hurkacz vs A. Tabilo (25): Wednesday
- K. Khachanov (21) vs T. Atmane: Wednesday
- J. Fearnley vs J. Mensik (13): Wednesday
- C. Ruud (9) vs J. Cerundolo: Wednesday
- S. Tsitsipas vs J. Fonseca (22): Wednesday
- Z. Bergs (31) vs S. Baez: Wednesday
- J. Brooksby vs B. Shelton (5): Wednesday
Bottom half:
- J. Lehecka (8) d. V. Kopriva: 6-4, 6-2
- A. Blockx (27) d. J. Munar: Walkover
- R. Jodar (20) vs C. Moutet: Wednesday
- N. Mejia vs L. Musetti (11): Wednesday
- V. Vacherot (14) vs M. Navone: Wednesday
- Z. Svajda vs A. Fils (18): Wednesday
- I. Buse (29) vs C. Norrie: Wednesday
- A. de Minaur (3) d. J. Duckworth: 6-2, 7-6(6)
- Y. Hanfmann d. F. Cobolli (6): 7-6(5), 7-6(2)
- N. Borges vs T. Etcheverry (26): Wednesday
- L. Darderi (19) d. G. Diallo: 6-4, 2-3 RET
- J. Shang d. A. Rublev (10): 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(5)
- F. Tiafoe (15) d. M. Cilic: 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
- M. Kecmanovic vs A. Rinderknech (23): Wednesday
- B. Nakashima (28) d. D. Altmaier: 6-2, 6-1
- T. Droguet vs F. Auger-Aliassime (2): Wednesday
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