Zverev Advances in Toronto After Defeating Arnaldi
German tennis player Alexander Zverev, seeded number one, defeated Matteo Arnaldi of Italy with scores of 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2 in the third round of the National Bank Open held on Thursday night.
Zverev, currently ranked number three, became the main figure of the tournament due to the absences of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, who occupy the number one and two positions respectively. Other prominent players like Jack Draper and Novak Djokovic also missed the event.
With this victory, Zverev will face Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina, who previously defeated his compatriot Tomas Martin Etcheverry with a score of 6-3, 6-4. It is worth remembering that the German tennis player won the title of the BMW Open on clay in Munich in April, thus adding his twenty-fourth title on the ATP circuit.
In other notable results of the day, Alex Michelsen of the United States achieved a significant victory by defeating the third seed, Lorenzo Musetti of Italy, with a score of 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Michelsen will face his compatriot Learner Tien, who previously defeated Reilly Opelka with a result of 7-6 (3), 6-3.
Holger Rune, fifth seed, also advanced in the tournament after defeating Alexandre Muller of France with a score of 6-2, 6-4. Rune will face Alexei Popyrin of Australia, who achieved a victory over Daniil Medvedev, tenth seed, with partials of 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.
For his part, Casper Ruud, eighth seed, defeated Nuno Borges of Portugal with a score of 7-5, 6-4, and will face Karen Khachanov, eleventh seed. Khachanov defeated Emilio Nava of the United States with partials of 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-1.
