Korda continues winning run, Rublev advances in Montreal

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sebastian-korda/k0ah/overview'Sebastian Korda/a extended his winning run to seven matches on Saturday at the Omnium Banque National présenté par Rogers, where he overcame countryman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a 6-4, 7-6(4) to reach the third round in Montreal./p

pKorda is playing at a career-high No. 18 in the PIF ATP Rankings, having won his first ATP 500 crown in Washington last week. The 24-year-old saved three set points in the second set on serve at 4-5 against Fritz before he eventually prevailed in the tie-break to advance after one hour and 39 minutes./p

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pKorda, who improved to 1-2 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head series with Fritz, then received a walkover from sixth-seeded Norwegian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a to reach the quarter-finals. The American will next play a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a or a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/holger-rune/r0dg/overview'Holger Rune/a./p

pFifth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a set a potential quarter-final meeting with World No. 1 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a when he dispatched American a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/brandon-nakashima/n0ae/overview'Brandon Nakashima/a 6-2, 6-2./p

pRublev struck 22 winners and committed just five unforced errors in a high-quality performance to reach the last eight at the hard-court event. With his 64-minute win, Rublev completed the set of quarter-finals at all nine ATP Masters 1000 events./p

pThe 26-year-old is up one spot to ninth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin, trailing eighth-placed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a – who is out of Montreal - by 45 points. Rublev's best result at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a was a semi-final showing in 2022./p

pIn other early action, Pole a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hubert-hurkacz/hb71/overview'Hubert Hurkacz/a clawed past a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/thanasi-kokkinakis/kd46/overview'Thanasi Kokkinakis/a 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(6) to reach the third round. Hurkacz hit 14 aces according to Infosys ATP Stats and converted on his third match point to triumph after two hours and 30 minutes. He will next meet a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-rinderknech/rc91/overview'Arthur Rinderknech/a after the Frenchman defeated Italian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/flavio-cobolli/c0e9/overview'Flavio Cobolli/a 6-3, 6-2./p

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