Draper Sinner down Bublik Shelton, reach Montreal QFs
pIn a second-round showdown between four Top 30 singles players in the PIF ATP Rankings, a 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 defeated 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 7-6(2), 6-1 at the Omnium Banque National preacute;senteacute; par Rogers./p
p
The British-Italian duo won 81 per cent of their serves and saved all three break points they faced, according to Infosys ATP Stats, to reach the quarter-finals. They will next face second seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rohan-bopanna/b757/overview'Rohan Bopanna/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matthew-ebden/e690/overview'Matthew Ebden/a or 14th seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hugo-nys/n670/overview'Hugo Nys/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jan-zielinski/z423/overview'Jan Zielinski/a./p
p
Bublik and Shelton were competing just hours after playing each other in a first-round singles match, won by the American./p
[ATP APP]
p
As part of the a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/news/innovative-atp-doubles-trial-2024" target="_blank"ATP doubles trial/a, teams of singles players are pitted against doubles specialist teams in the first round and Wednesdayrsquo;s action featured a handful of such matches, with the results evenly split./p
p
a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/miomir-kecmanovic/ki95/overview'Miomir Kecmanovic/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a ousted the seventh-seeded Argentine duo a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/maximo-gonzalez/g585/overview'Maximo Gonzalez/a anda href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andres/a132/overview' Andres/a Molteni 7-6(4), 6-3./p
pimg src="/-/media/images/news/2024/08/07/22/45/kecmanovic-ruud-montreal-2024-wednesday.jpg" style="width:100%;" alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/miomir-kecmanovic/ki95/overview'Miomir Kecmanovic/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a in Montreal." /br /
emsupa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/miomir-kecmanovic/ki95/overview'Miomir Kecmanovic/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a in Montreal. Credit: Peter Staples/ATP Tour/sup/em/p
p
a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-martin-etcheverry/ea24/overview'Tomas Martin Etcheverry/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alejandro-tabilo/te30/overview'Alejandro Tabilo/a ended the seven-match winning streak of 13th seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nathaniel-lammons/li37/overview'Nathaniel Lammons/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jackson-withrow/w686/overview'Jackson Withrow/a with a 1-6, 6-4, 10-4 victory. The American pair arrived in Montreal after back-to-back titles in Atlanta and Washington./p
p
Nys and Zielinski and 15th seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lloyd-glasspool/gd08/overview'Lloyd Glasspool/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nikola-mektic/mf09/overview'Nikola Mektic/a scored wins for the doubles specialists. The Monegasque-Polish duo overcame a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-fils/f0f1/overview'Arthur Fils/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nicolas-jarry/j551/overview'Nicolas Jarry/a 4-6, 6-3, 10-5 while Glasspool and Mektic raced past a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/karen-khachanov/ke29/overview'Karen Khachanov/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a 6-3, 6-4./p
pimg src="/-/media/images/news/2024/08/07/23/10/mektic-glasspool-montreal-2024-wednesday.jpg" style="width:100%;" alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nikola-mektic/mf09/overview'Nikola Mektic/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lloyd-glasspool/gd08/overview'Lloyd Glasspool/a advance in straight sets." /br/emsupa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nikola-mektic/mf09/overview'Nikola Mektic/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lloyd-glasspool/gd08/overview'Lloyd Glasspool/a advance in straight sets. Credit: Peter Staples/ATP Tour/sup/em/p
p[NEWSLETTER FORM]/p