Montreal
Sinner’s potential double obligation leads tremendous Saturday in Montreal
Two quarter-finals to be contested Saturday night
August 09, 2024
Peter Staples/ATP Tour
Jannik Sinner will play fifteenth seed Alejandro Tabilo not earlier than 12:30 p.m. Montreal time Saturday.
By ATP Workers
Prime 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 obligation to achieve the semi-finals and proceed his title defence.
The 22-year-old, amongst a number of gamers who might play two matches in someday as a result of rain cancelling everything 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 sequence, with the German profitable their most up-to-date match in 5 units at this 12 months’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 12 months’s Canadian ATP Masters 1000 match began on Tuesday, someday later than regular, because of the Paris Olympics. The ultimate is scheduled for Monday.
Montreal Saturday Order of Play
COURT CENTRAL begin 11:00 amSecond Spherical – [Q] T. Kokkinakis (AUS) vs [4] H. Hurkacz (POL) 00
Not Earlier than 12:30 pmThird 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 pmQuarter-finals – [1] J. Sinner (ITA) or [15] A. Tabilo (CHI) vs [Q] B. Nakashima (USA) or [5] A. RublevQuarter-finals – A. Davidovich Fokina (ESP) or M. Arnaldi (ITA) vs N. Borges (POR) or [PR] Ok. Nishikori (JPN)
COURT ROGERS begin 11:00 amSecond Spherical – F. Cobolli (ITA) vs [Q] A. Rinderknech (FRA) 03Third Spherical – [Q] B. Nakashima (USA) vs [5] A. RublevThird Spherical – [7] G. Dimitrov (BUL) vs A. Popyrin (AUS)
Not Earlier than 4:00 pmThird Spherical – After Appropriate Relaxation – [6] C. Ruud (NOR) vs S. Korda (USA) or [9] T. Fritz (USA)
COURT 5 begin 11:00 amSecond Spherical – S. Korda (USA) vs [9] T. Fritz (USA)Third Spherical – N. Borges (POR) vs [PR] Ok. Nishikori (JPN)
Not Earlier than 4:00 pmThird 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] Ok. Krawietz (GER) / T. Puetz (GER)
COURT 9 begin 11:00 amQuarter-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 10Quarter-finals – TBA – [1] M. Granollers (ESP) / H. Zeballos (ARG) or T. Etcheverry (ARG) / A. Tabilo (CHI) vs [5] S. Bolelli (ITA) / A. Vavassori (ITA)
