American tennis star Ben Shelton performed another strong performance in his sending during his opening match in the Toronto Championship to climb the third round in the tournament, currently held in Canada.
Shelton, the fourth seed of the championship, defeated Frenchman Adrian Manarino 6/2 and 6/3 Wednesday, in the second round of the competition, which takes place on solid stadiums.
Shelton, who had previously lost to Manarino in the Australian Open in 2024, said in the four Grand Grand Salam tournaments, as well as in the Miami Championship in 2023, after the meeting: I played good matches against him, but I was unable to win. It makes things really difficult, and repeats the ball wonderfully, which prompted me to use the way I was sent, to keep the racket away from his hands, I knew that I should be accurate.
The Russian André Rublev also climbed to the third round, thanks to his victory over the French Hugo Gaston, his victory No. 250 over the solid stadiums.
Roblev, the sixth seed of the competition, qualified for the final of the championship last year, but he lost to Australian Alexei Poperin, who was crowned the title, and the Russian player, the holder of the Doha Championship, seeks to crown his second title this season, where he faces in the next round, the 28th Italian ranked Lorenzo Sunijo, who easily defeated the Chinese Buyu Nashkuti, 6/1 and 6/4, in the second round of the competition.
Australian Alexander Fukeic overthrew his British rival Cameron Nuri, the 31st number of globally, after he won it in a marathon match.
Italian Fabio Copoli joined the qualified for the third round in the championship as well, after defeating Canadian Alexis Galareno, while Canadian Gabriel Diallo beat Italian Matteo Gigantte.
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