The Spaniard left Jarek Sinner on the road, the Norwegian eliminated Roberto Bautista and the Pole Albert Ramos
The French tennis player says goodbye to the Montreal tournament after seriously injuring his ankle
the spanish tennis player Pablo Carrenothe norwegian Casper Ruud and the polish Hubert Hurkacz They qualified this Thursday for the quarterfinals of the Montreal Open by beating the Italian Jarek Sinner and the Spaniards Roberto Bautista and Albert Ramos, respectively. Ruud defeated Bautista after more than three hours of battle and, although Ramos pushed Hurkcaz to the limit, the Spaniard fell in the tiebreak of the third set, bordering on two and a half hours of the match.
The Spanish Pablo Carreño struck down the Italian Jannik Sinner, number 12 in the world and recent champion in Umag, and qualified for the quarterfinals, thus giving Spanish tennis a joy after Carlos Alcaraz, Bautista and Ramos fell short during the day. After shining with resounding victories against the Italian Matteo Berrettini and the Danish Holger Rune, Carreño confirmed his great form by beating Sinner by 6-2 and 6-4. The Spaniard, 23 in the world, avenged the defeat that Sinner had inflicted on him this year in Miami and will play his first quarterfinal in Montreal.
Ruud, a quarter-finalist last year in Canada, came from behind to win by 6-7(4), 7-6(4) and 6-4 after a three-hour, 18-minute battle against 14th-seeded Bautista in Montreal. The Norwegian, number 7 in the world, achieved the first victory of his career against Bautista, an opponent against whom he had lost in the two previous clashes, in Munich 2018 and in the ATP Cup this year. He will face the winner of the match between Canada’s Felix Auger Aliassime and Britain’s Cameron Norrie in the quarterfinals.
Albert Ramos was about to surprise, taking Hurkacz, the eighth favorite, to the third set tiebreaker, without being able to crown his great game with a win. He won the tiebreaker of the first set to six and, after being beaten with authority in the second (6-2), he tuted the Pole until the end. Finally, Hurkacz, finalist this year in Halle, revalidated the victory that he had reaped this year in Monte Carlo by winning 7-4 in the decisive playoff. The Polish player will play the quarterfinals against the winner of the Australian derby between Nick Kyrgios, executioner of Russian Daniil Medvedev, and Alex De Miñaur.
Monfils suffers a serious ankle injury and retires
The French Gael Monfils suffered a serious ankle injury right this Thursday and withdrew from the Masters 1,000 in the round of 16 match against the British Jack Draper. Monfils, returning to compete in Canada after a three-month absence, sprained his right ankle as he led 2-0 in the second set, after losing the first 6-2. The Frenchman, 35 years old and number 20 in the world, fell to the ground visibly in pain and, when he tried to get up and saw that he could not walk, he burst into tears hiding his face in his hands. After a pause, Monfils did manage to get up, but realized that he could not go on and announced his withdrawal.
Draper, executioner of the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas this Wednesday, will face the Spanish Pablo Carreño in the quarterfinals.