Hurkacz, Fritz, Korda forced to wait, Montreal Thursday evening play cancelled

pThursday evening action at the Omnium Banque National présenté par Rogers in Montreal has been cancelled due to rain./pp

A trio of second-round matches will be moved to Friday, including fourth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hubert-hurkacz/hb71/overview'Hubert Hurkacz/a’s meeting with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/thanasi-kokkinakis/kd46/overview'Thanasi Kokkinakis/a and the all-American clash between a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sebastian-korda/k0ah/overview'Sebastian Korda/a. Frenchman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-rinderknech/rc91/overview'Arthur Rinderknech/a led a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/flavio-cobolli/c0e9/overview'Flavio Cobolli/a 3-0, 15/15 with the Italian serving when play was suspended./pp

Hurkacz and Kokkinakis warmed up for their fourth Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting, but rain fell just as they were about to begin the match at 6 p.m. local time. Players briefly waited courtside before heading to the locker room. Thursday’s evening session was called off just after 10 p.m./ppp

Hurkacz, who is set to compete for the first time since knee surgery post-a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a, gave a ballkid an unforgettable memory when he invited him to share an umbrella. The World No. 6 in the PIF ATP Rankings asked the ballkid questions such as, 'Do you play tennis? Do you play any tournaments?'/ppThis year's tournament started one day later than normal on Tuesday due to the Olympics. The final is scheduled for Monday.p[NEWSLETTER FORM]/p