Montreal Masters: Rune beats Carreno Busta in three sets
Denmark’s Holger Rune, the No 13 seed, beat Spanish lucky loser Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 to move into the second round of the Montreal Masters at Stade IGA on Tuesday.
Bautista Agut came into the main draw after Canada’s Milos Raonic pulled out prior to the match due to a shoulder injury and had also played his final round qualifying match earlier in the day.
Rune, ranked No 17, will play another Spaniard, Pablo Carreno Busta, next for a spot in the third round. The Dane was forced to pull out of last week’s Olympics tennis event due to a wrist injury.
Montreal Masters 1000, other first-round matches (Stade IGA, hard, USD 6,795,555):
- Karen Khachanov (16) beat Gabriel Diallo (WC): 6-4, 6-4
- Nuno Borges beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Nicolas Jarry: 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-2
- Kei Nishikori beat Alex Michelsen: 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Tallon Griekspoor: 7-6 (7), 5-7, 6-4
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Gael Monfils
- Sebastian Korda vs. Vasek Pospisil
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Mariano Navone vs. Taylor Fritz
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- James Duckworth vs. Marcos Giron
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Tomas Machac
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Alexander Bublik vs. Ben Shelton
- Ugo Humbert vs. Arthur Fils
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Roman Safiullin
- Borna Coric vs. Pedro Martinez
- Jordan Thompson vs. Jack Draper
- Rinky Hijikata vs. Taro Daniel
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Tommy Paul vs. Luciano Darderi
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Alejandro Tabilo
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
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