August 8, 2024; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) passes the ball to Daniil Medvedev (not pictured) during the second round match at IGA Stadium Show). Mandatory Credit: David Kijak-USA TODAY Sports Alejandro Davidovich Fokina hit 24 winners to beat No. 3 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 in the second round of the National Bank Open in Montreal on Thursday Daniil Medvedev, the seed, pulled off a huge upset.
This marked Davidovich Fokina’s first victory over Medvedev in five matches. It was also the third time in his career that he defeated a top-five player.
Two other top-10 seeds lost their second-round matches on Thursday.
Japanese player Kei Nishikori swept eighth-seeded Greek player Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4, while qualifier Brandon Nakajima defeated 6-2, 6-7 (5). , defeated No. 10 seed Tommy Paul 6-1 in a national clash.
Davidovich Fokina converted four of seven break point opportunities while stunning Medvedev. The Spaniard also scored 50% of his second serve points (16 of 32 points).
“Having this opportunity to beat a player like Daniel gives me a lot of strength and strength to continue to grow,” Davidovich Fokina said. “I’m very happy with this win. At the end of the set it’s not easy to end the game, and with Daniel even less because he’s a very consistent player. Today I had to stay calm and not think about the result.”
Medvedev leads 9-3 on aces. The Russian hit 27 winners and made 17 unforced errors. Davidovich Fokina made 15 unforced errors.
Davidovich Fokina will next face Italian player Matteo Arnaldi, who defeated No. 16 seed Russian Karen Khachanov 7-5, 7-5.
As for Kei Nishikori, he only hit 13 winners against Tsitsipas, but he scored 11 of his 12 points (91.7%) in the 79-minute victory and was solid in front of the net. success.
“It’s not easy to beat Stephen, and it’s a great victory for me,” Nishikori said. “I stayed aggressive today and didn’t concede too many goals.”
Tsitsipas led 9-2 in aces and hit 21 winners.
Nishikori will next face Portugal’s Nuno Borges, who defeated 12th-seeded France’s Hugo Hen 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4) Bert.
Nakajima hit 26 winning goals and made only 11 unforced errors, while improving his historical record against Paul to 3 wins and 0 losses.
Nakajima led 9-4 with an ace and saved two break points. Paul had 28 game-winning goals and 23 unforced errors.
Nakajima will next face fifth-seeded Russian Andrei Rublev. Rublev defeated Argentina’s Thomas Martin Echeverry 7-6 (3), 6-2.
No. 11 Ben Shelton was also frustrated as Australia’s Alexei Popyrin didn’t face any in his 6-4, 7-6(4) win. A break point.
Top seed Yannick Sinner defeated Croatia’s Borna Coric 6-2, 6-4, while second seed Alexander Zverev of Germany defeated Australia’s Jordan 6-1, 6-1. ·Thompson.
The sixth-ranked Casper Rudd of Norway defeated Australian qualifier James Duckworth 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, while the seventh-ranked Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov defeated Australian qualifier Linky Hijikata 6-1, 6-0.
Danish player No. 13 Holger Ruhn defeated Spanish player Pablo Carreno Busta 6-1, 6-3. No. 15 Chilean Alejandro Tabilo defeated Italian Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 6-2.
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