Sinner's potential double duty leads super Saturday in Montreal
Top seed Jannik Sinner headlines a hectic Saturday schedule at the Omnium Banque National présenté par Rogers, where the Italian will need to pull double duty to reach the semi-finals and continue his title defence.
The 22-year-old, among several players who could play two matches in one day due to rain cancelling the entirety of Friday’s Montreal action, will play 15th seed Alejandro Tabilo not before 12:30 p.m. local time on Court Central. The winner will return to the same court not before 7 p.m. to face fifth seed Andrey Rublev or qualifier Brandon Nakashima in the quarter-finals.
Following Sinner and Tabilo on Court Central will be the third-round blockbuster between second seed Alexander Zverev and 13th seed Holger Rune. Zverev and Rune are level at 1-1 in their Lexus ATP Head2Head series, with the German winning their most recent match in five sets at this year’s Roland Garros.
[ATP APP]Kei Nishikori looks to build upon his run at the ATP Masters 1000 event, beginning the day with a third-round match against Portugal’s Nuno Borges. The winner will close the Court Central evening session with a quarter-final meeting against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina or Matteo Arnaldi.
There are still three second-round matches to be completed, two of which have not commenced: fourth seed Hubert Hurkacz versus Thanasi Kokkinakis and the all-American clash between Taylor Fritz and Sebastian Korda. The winner of Fritz and Korda will play sixth seed Casper Ruud after suitable rest.
In other second-round action, Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech leads Flavio Cobolli 3-0, 15/15 with the Italian serving. The winner faces Hurkacz or Kokkinakis after suitable rest Saturday.
This year’s Canadian ATP Masters 1000 tournament started on Tuesday, one day later than normal, due to the Paris Olympics. The final is scheduled for Monday.
Montreal Saturday Order of Play
COURT CENTRAL start 11:00 am
Second Round – [Q] T. Kokkinakis (AUS) vs [4] H. Hurkacz (POL) 00
Not Before 12:30 pm
Third Round – [1] J. Sinner (ITA) vs [15] A. Tabilo (CHI)
Third Round – [13] H. Rune (DEN) vs [2] A. Zverev (GER)
Not Before 7:00 pm
Quarter-finals – [1] J. Sinner (ITA) or [15] A. Tabilo (CHI) vs [Q] B. Nakashima (USA) or [5] A. Rublev
Quarter-finals – A. Davidovich Fokina (ESP) or M. Arnaldi (ITA) vs N. Borges (POR) or [PR] K. Nishikori (JPN)
COURT ROGERS start 11:00 am
Second Round – F. Cobolli (ITA) vs [Q] A. Rinderknech (FRA) 03
Third Round – [Q] B. Nakashima (USA) vs [5] A. Rublev
Third Round – [7] G. Dimitrov (BUL) vs A. Popyrin (AUS)
Not Before 4:00 pm
Third Round – After Suitable Rest – [6] C. Ruud (NOR) vs S. Korda (USA) or [9] T. Fritz (USA)
COURT 5 start 11:00 am
Second Round – S. Korda (USA) vs [9] T. Fritz (USA)
Third Round – N. Borges (POR) vs [PR] K. Nishikori (JPN)
Not Before 4:00 pm
Third Round – After Suitable Rest – 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] K. Krawietz (GER) / T. Puetz (GER)
COURT 9 start 11:00 am
Quarter-finals – D. Medvedev / R. Safiullin vs [3] R. Ram (USA) / J. Salisbury (GBR)
Third Round – A. Davidovich Fokina (ESP) vs M. Arnaldi (ITA)
Second Round – After Suitable Rest – [1] M. Granollers (ESP) / H. Zeballos (ARG) vs T. Etcheverry (ARG) / A. Tabilo (CHI) 64 10
Quarter-finals – TBA – [1] M. Granollers (ESP) / H. Zeballos (ARG) or T. Etcheverry (ARG) / A. Tabilo (CHI) vs [5] S. Bolelli (ITA) / A. Vavassori (ITA)