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Sinner’s potential double responsibility leads tremendous Saturday in Montreal

Two quarter-finals to be contested Saturday night

August 09, 2024

High seed Jannik Sinner headlines a busy Saturday schedule on the Omnium Banque Nationwide présenté par Rogers, the place the Italian might want to pull double responsibility to succeed in the semi-finals and proceed his title defence.

The 22-year-old, amongst a number of gamers who may play two matches in sooner or later because of rain cancelling the whole lot of Friday’s Montreal motion, will play fifteenth seed Alejandro Tabilo not earlier than 12:30 p.m. native time on Courtroom Central. The winner will return to the identical court docket not earlier than 7 p.m. to face fifth seed Andrey Rublev or qualifier Brandon Nakashima within the quarter-finals.

Following Sinner and Tabilo on Courtroom Central would be the third-round blockbuster between second seed Alexander Zverev and thirteenth seed Holger Rune. Zverev and Rune are stage at 1-1 of their Lexus ATP Head2Head collection, with the German successful their most up-to-date match in 5 units at this yr’s Roland Garros.

Kei Nishikori seems to be to construct upon his run on the ATP Masters 1000 occasion, starting the day with a third-round match towards Portugal’s Nuno Borges. The winner will shut the Courtroom Central night session with a quarter-final assembly towards Alejandro Davidovich Fokina or Matteo Arnaldi.

There are nonetheless three second-round matches to be accomplished, two of which haven’t commenced: fourth seed Hubert Hurkacz versus Thanasi Kokkinakis and the all-American conflict between Taylor Fritz and Sebastian Korda. The winner of Fritz and Korda will play sixth seed Casper Ruud after appropriate relaxation.

In different second-round motion, Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech leads Flavio Cobolli 3-0, 15/15 with the Italian serving. The winner faces Hurkacz or Kokkinakis after appropriate relaxation Saturday.

This yr’s Canadian ATP Masters 1000 match began on Tuesday, sooner or later later than regular, as a result of Paris Olympics. The ultimate is scheduled for Monday.

Montreal Saturday Order of Play

COURT CENTRAL begin 11:00 am
Second Spherical – [Q] T. Kokkinakis (AUS) vs [4] H. Hurkacz (POL) 00

Not Earlier than 12:30 pm
Third Spherical – [1] J. Sinner (ITA) vs [15] A. Tabilo (CHI)
Third Spherical – [13] H. Rune (DEN) vs [2] A. Zverev (GER)

Not Earlier than 7:00 pm
Quarter-finals – [1] J. Sinner (ITA) or [15] A. Tabilo (CHI) vs [Q] B. Nakashima (USA) or [5] A. Rublev
Quarter-finals – A. Davidovich Fokina (ESP) or M. Arnaldi (ITA) vs N. Borges (POR) or [PR] Okay. Nishikori (JPN)

COURT ROGERS begin 11:00 am
Second Spherical – F. Cobolli (ITA) vs [Q] A. Rinderknech (FRA) 03
Third Spherical – [Q] B. Nakashima (USA) vs [5] A. Rublev
Third Spherical – [7] G. Dimitrov (BUL) vs A. Popyrin (AUS)

Not Earlier than 4:00 pm
Third Spherical – After Appropriate Relaxation – [6] C. Ruud (NOR) vs S. Korda (USA) or [9] T. Fritz (USA)

COURT 5 begin 11:00 am
Second Spherical – S. Korda (USA) vs [9] T. Fritz (USA)
Third Spherical – N. Borges (POR) vs [PR] Okay. Nishikori (JPN)

Not Earlier than 4:00 pm
Third Spherical – After Appropriate Relaxation – F. Cobolli (ITA) or [Q] A. Rinderknech (FRA) vs [Q] T. Kokkinakis (AUS) or [4] H. Hurkacz (POL)
Quarter-finals – [4] M. Arevalo (ESA) / M. Pavic (CRO) vs [10] Okay. Krawietz (GER) / T. Puetz (GER)

COURT 9 begin 11:00 am
Quarter-finals – D. Medvedev / R. Safiullin vs [3] R. Ram (USA) / J. Salisbury (GBR)
Third Spherical – A. Davidovich Fokina (ESP) vs M. Arnaldi (ITA)

Second Spherical – After Appropriate Relaxation – [1] M. Granollers (ESP) / H. Zeballos (ARG) vs T. Etcheverry (ARG) / A. Tabilo (CHI) 64 10
Quarter-finals – TBA – [1] M. Granollers (ESP) / H. Zeballos (ARG) or T. Etcheverry (ARG) / A. Tabilo (CHI) vs [5] S. Bolelli (ITA) / A. Vavassori (ITA)