Rinky Hijikata and fortunate loser James Duckworth be part of Jordan Thompson and Alexei Popyrin as first-round winners on the Canadian Masters 1000 occasion.
Montreal, Canada, 8 August 2024 | Dan Imhoffthis week broke into the highest 30 for the primary time, noticed off the 22-year-old world No.28 7-5 6-2 on a formidable day for his countrymen.
Alexei Popyrin, Rinky Hijikata and fortunate loser James Duckworth additionally superior. Qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis was because of meet Frenchman Gael Monfils within the Wednesday evening session.
Thompson holds a 2-1 benefit in his document in opposition to world No.4 Zverev, having crushed him within the Los Cabos semifinal this 12 months, en route to his maiden tour title, and within the spherical of 32 in Tokyo final 12 months, whereas Zverev claimed their first assembly in Washington seven years in the past.
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World No.62 Popyrin additionally upstaged a higher-ranked opponent when he introduced down 39th-ranked Czech Thomas Machac 6-3 6-4.
Machac had little time to organize for the swap to arduous courtroom, having arrived from the clay in Paris, the place he picked up a blended doubles gold and reached the lads’s doubles semifinals.
Because the Czech served to remain within the match, play was suspended when a spectator collapsed within the stands. After the lady was seen to and play resumed, Popyrin maintained focus to shut it out a sport later for a second-round showdown in opposition to 11th seed Ben Shelton.
Shelton beat the 24-year-old on his solution to a maiden Grand Slam quarterfinal at Melbourne Park final 12 months.
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In a battle of qualifiers, 74th-ranked Hijikata snapped a four-match dropping streak in ATP primary attracts to beat Japan’s Taro Daniel 6-1 7-5. The win set a gathering with seventh seed Grigor Dimitrov.
World No.80 Duckworth made probably the most of his fortunate loser call-up for a 6-4 6-1 victory in opposition to 37th ranked Marcos Giron.
It was his largest win since he beat then No.14 Shelton at Stuttgart in June and locked in a primary assembly with sixth seed Casper Ruud.
