Draper/Sinner, Medvedev/Safiullin advance in Montreal

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jack-draper/d0co/overview'Jack Draper/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a led a charge of singles stars who held the advantage against doubles specialists Tuesdaynbsp;at the Omnium Banque National preacute;senteacute; par Rogers./p

pAs part of the a href="https://www.atptour.com/en/news/innovative-atp-doubles-trial-2024"ATP doubles trial/a, teams of singles players are pitted against specialist doubles teams in the first round. Draper and Sinner headlined the action by defeating 16th seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sander-gille/gd32/overview'Sander Gille/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/joran-vliegen/v895/overview'Joran Vliegen/a 6-0, 6-7(3), 10-8 in front of a packed Court 9./p[ATP APP]

pDespite trailing 4/7 in the Match Tie-break, the British-Italian pair won six of the final seven points to advance. They dropped just four points behind their first serves, according to Infosys ATP Stats, throughout the one-hour, 23-minute match./p

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Draper and Sinnerrsquo;s next opponents are a pair of fellow Top 30 singles players. They will face a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-bublik/bk92/overview'Alexander Bublik/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ben-shelton/s0s1/overview'Ben Shelton/a, who advanced after a freak injury to their opponents a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/harri-heliovaara/h808/overview'Harri Heliovaara/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/henry-patten/p0g6/overview'Henry Patten/a. /p

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The a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a champions were serving at 4/2 in the first-set tie-break and were holding their ground at net, cleanly hitting volleys in response to monstrous forehands from Shelton. When the American opened the face of his racquet for a backhand, both the lefty Patten and right-hander Heliovaara prepared for an overhead. /p

pThen, the Finnish-British duo had a nasty collision that left both players visibly shaken. Heliovaara sat on the court for nearly a minute while Patten held his head and grimaced. They later retired after suffering symptoms of concussions while trailing 7-6(6), 2-1. /p

p“Obviously initially it hurt quite a lot, and then I think it slowly became clear that we were a little bit concussed, which is what the doctor and the physio said, picked up a concussion,” Patten said. “Unfortunate, kind of a freak accident. Hopefully we'll be okay. But yeah, just glad that it wasn't worse, and we're good. We'll rest a little bit and look forward to Cincinnati.”/p

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a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roman-safiullin/sx50/overview'Roman Safiullin/a advanced with a 6-4, 6-3 victory against 11th seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ivan-dodig/d646/overview'Ivan Dodig/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jean-julien-rojer/r513/overview'Jean-Julien Rojer/a. Medvedev and Safiullin earned their first team win across four attempts this season./p

pimg src="/-/media/images/news/2024/08/06/21/40/medvedev-safiullin-montreal-2024-tuesday.jpg" style="width:100%;" alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a lunges for a volley as a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roman-safiullin/sx50/overview'Roman Safiullin/a looks on during their Tuesday victory in Montreal." /br /

emsupa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a lunges for a volley as a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roman-safiullin/sx50/overview'Roman Safiullin/a looks on during their Tuesday victory in Montreal. Credit: Peter Staples/ATP Tour/sup/em

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a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/max-purcell/ph71/overview'Max Purcell/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jordan-thompson/tc61/overview'Jordan Thompson/a raced past home hopes a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/felix-auger-aliassime/ag37/overview'Felix Auger-Aliassime/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexis-galarneau/gk06/overview'Alexis Galarneau/a 6-0, 6-1. The 12th seeds next face Italians a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/simone-bolelli/ba98/overview'Simone Bolelli/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrea-vavassori/va08/overview'Andrea Vavassori/a, who defeated Canadians a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/vasek-pospisil/pd07/overview'Vasek Pospisil/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/denis-shapovalov/su55/overview'Denis Shapovalov/a 6-4, 6-3./p

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