Taylor Fritz beats Canadian Gabriel Diallo in Toronto in 3rd round of National Bank Open
TORONTO AP Second-seeded Taylor Fritz of the United States beat -foot- Canadian Gabriel Diallo - - on Friday night in the third round of the National Bank Open Fritz set up a fourth-round match in the hard-court event with th-seeded Jiri Lehecka of Czechia Lehecka beat th-seeded Arthur Fils of France - - - The -year-old Fritz is No in the world He has career ATP Tour titles winning this year on grass at Eastbourne and Stuttgart In the afternoon sixth-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia beat Lorenzo Sonego of Italy - - - Rublev will face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain a - - winner over Czech Jakub Mensik In the second and third sets I was able to play more aggressive fewer mistakes Rublev declared Let s see what s happening next I m super excited and motivated Seventh-seeded Frances Tiafoe of the United States edged Aleksandar Vukic of Australia - - - to set up a match with Washington winner Alex de Minaur of Australia De Minaur advanced when countryman Christopher O Connell withdrew Top-ranked Jannik Sinner the winner and No Carlos Alcaraz skipped the hard-court event that ends Thursday No Jack Draper and No Novak Djokovic also are absent AP tennis https apnews com hub tennis Source
