TORONTO — High-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany beat Matteo Arnaldi of Italy 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday night time within the third spherical of the Nationwide Financial institution Open.
The third-ranked Zverev ended up as the highest seed with top-ranked Jannik Sinner and No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz skipping the hard-court occasion that also has every week left. No. 5 Jack Draper and No. 6 Novak Djokovic are also absent.
Zverev superior to face No. 14 Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina, a 6-3, 6-4 winner over countryman Tomas Martin Etcheverry. The German star gained the BMW Open on clay in Munich in April for his twenty fourth ATP Tour title.
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Earlier, Alex Michelsen of the US upset third-seeded Lorenzo Musetti of Italy 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Michelsen will face fellow American Learner Tien, a 7-6 (3), 6-3 winner over American Reilly Opelka.
Fifth-seeded Holger Rune of Denmark superior in an evening match, beating Alexandre Muller of France 6-2, 6-4. Rune will play Alexei Popyrin of Australia, a 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 winner over Tenth-seeded Daniil Medvedev of Russia within the closing match of the night time.
Eighth-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway topped Nuno Borges of Portugal 7-5, 6-4 to arrange a match with Eleventh-seeded Karen Khachanov of Russia. Khachanov beat Emilio Nava of the US 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-1.
