Canadian pair Shapovalov and Auger-Aliassime knocked out in Toronto

Unseeded
American
Tiafoe
swept
aside
the
local
6-1
6-4
in
one
hour
and
15
minutes
to
secure
his
third-round
spot
against
11th
seed
Gael
Monfils
who
beat
John
Millman
3-6
6-3
6-4.

Tiafoe
was
only
in
the
Toronto
main
draw
as
a
lucky
loser
after
being
defeated
in
qualifying
by
Emil
Ruusuvuori
but
he
hit
14
winners
in
an
emphatic
display.

World
number
10
Shapovalov
was
unable
to
generate
any
break
points
while
Tiafoe
reeled
off
five
games
in
a
row,
with
two
breaks,
to
win
the
first
set.

The
Canadian
continued
to
struggle
with
his
serve
in
windy
conditions,
as
the
American
world
number
52
won
88
per
cent
(23/26)
of
points
on
his
first
serve.

Lovely
moment
at
the
net
after
this

@nationalbank
Match
Point.

????????
great
show,
gentlemen.

#NBO21
pic.twitter.com/r1IubozoXB

—
National
Bank
Open
(@NBOtoronto)

August
12,
2021

Another
local
hope,
ninth
seed
Felix
Auger-Aliassime,
also
was
eliminated,
going
down
7-5
6-4
to
Serbian
Dusan
Lajovic.

The
Canadian
hit
six
aces
to
Lajovic’s
none,
but
was
undone
by
unforced
errors
at
key
times,
with
a
double
fault
gifting
the
Serbian
a
6-5
lead
in
the
opening
set.

Australian
12th
seed
Alex
de
Minaur
also
bowed
out
after
a
one-sided
6-1
6-1
defeat
to
Georgian
world
number
42
Nicolas
Basilashvili.

Basilashvili
sent
down
6-2
aces
and
converted
five
of
his
six
break
points
generated
in
an
impressive
display.

Australian
qualifier
Jack
Duckworth
booked
a
third-round
ticket
against
top
seed
Daniil
Medvedev
after
upsetting
16th
seed
Jannik
Sinner,
who
won
last
week’s
Citi
Open.

Fourth
seed
Andrey
Rublev
won
through
with
a
7-6
(7-4)
6-3
victory
over
Fabio
Fognini,
while
seventh
seed
Hubert
Hurkacz
progressed
with
a
walkover
after
Kei
Nishikori
retired
with
a
shoulder
injury.

First
career
match
win
in
Canada
????????????

????????

@AndreyRublev97
battles
past
Fognini
7-6(4),
6-3.

????:

@TennisTV
|

#NBO21pic.twitter.com/vvtqcwyNgC

—
ATP
Tour
(@atptour)

August
11,
2021

Eighth
seed
Diego
Schwartzman
beat
Benoit
Paire
7-5
6-1,
while
10th
seed
Roberto
Bautista
Agut
handled
Tommy
Paul
6-3
6-4.

John
Isner
knocked
out
13th
seed
Cristian
Garin
in
three
sets,
while
Lloyd
Harris
beat
Feliciano
Lopez
in
two
and
Karen
Khachanov
defeated
compatriot
Aslan
Karatsev
7-6
(9-7)
6-4
to
secure
a
third-round
meeting
with
third
seed
Stefanos
Tsitsipas.

Tsitsipas
pledged
to
help
those
affected
by
the
fires
in
his
homeland
in
his
post-match
press
conference
on
Tuesday.

“My
heart
is
with
all
the
people
of
Greece,”
Tsitsipas
said.
“I
come
from
the
south
suburbs
of
Athens.
When
I
was
there
a
few
days
ago,
I
could
see
the
fires
from
the
south.
Huge,
giant
clouds,
smoke,
which
you
could
see
from
far,
far
away.
It
wasn’t
very
nice.
Even
at
the
beach
that
day
when
I
went
to
swim,
you
could
see
all
the
debris
from
the
smoke
and
from
the
fires
in
the
sea.”