ATP Masters Toronto: Draw brings possible early duel between Nadal and Kyrgios
At the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Toronto, the draw revealed a possible third-round duel between Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios. Above all, the Australian has to overcome two high hurdles.
by tennisnet.com
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Aug 07, 2021, 07:18 pm
Nick Kyrgios openly doubted a longer stay on the ATP tour in Washington, and the man from Canberra took a wildcard with him. And the draw might have made Kyrgios want more tennis again. Because he starts against Reilly Opelka, would then have to beat Grigor Dimitrov - and would come in round three to Rafael Nadal, who starts with a bye and goes into the tournament in second place. Nadal either opens against a qualifier. Or against Lloyd Harris, who just defeated him in Washington.
There is also an exciting third-round hit in the top section: Daniil Medvedevis the tournament favorite and could face Jannik Sinner after a success against either Alexander Bublik or Daniel Evans. The Italian is currently still working in Washington, where he will play against Jenson Brooksby in the semi-finals on Saturday.
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The third-placed Stefanos Tsitsipas , who after a walk-through, will meet either Lorenzo Sonego or Ugo Humbert, did not do well either. Tsitsipas was eliminated from the French at the Olympic Games in Tokyo a few days ago. After the cancellation of Olympic champion Alexander Zverev , only one German player is directly represented in the main field: Jan-Lennard Struff starts against Fabio Fognini.
Should the tournament develop according to paper form, the following quarter-finals will result:
| Daniil Medvedev (RUS) | Hubert Hurkacz (POL) |
| Andrey Rublev (RUS) | Denis Shapovalov (CAN) |
| Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) | Casper Ruud (NOR) |
| Rafael nadal (ESP) | Diego Schwartzman (ARG) |
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