Zverev sinks Rune in Montreal

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a earned a statement win on Saturday at the Omnium Banque National preacute;senteacute; par Rogers, where he defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/holger-rune/r0dg/overview'Holger Rune/a 6-3, 7-6(5) to reach the quarter-finals in Montreal./p

pThe German was consistent in the baseline rallies and was front-footed on return, winning 52 per cent (15/29) of points on Runersquo;s second serve to take a 2-1 lead in the pairrsquo;s Lexus ATP Head2Head series./p

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pThe second seed has earned a Tour-leading 49 wins this year, highlighted by his ATP Masters 1000 crown in Rome. The No. 4 player in the PIF ATP Rankings, Zverev is also into his 29th Masters 1000 quarter-final, the 10th highest since the series started in 1990./p

pZverev will next play a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sebastian-korda/k0ah/overview'Sebastian Korda/a after the American received a walkover from Norwayrsquo;s a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a. The 27-year-old has fond memories in Montreal, having lifted the trophy in 2017 aged 20./p

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexei-popyrin/p09z/overview'Alexei Popyrin/a also advanced to the last eight. The Australian upset Bulgarian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/grigor-dimitrov/d875/overview'Grigor Dimitrov/a 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-3./p

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pHis next opponent will be a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hubert-hurkacz/hb71/overview'Hubert Hurkacz/a, who closed out a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-rinderknech/rc91/overview'Arthur Rinderknech/a on Saturday evening after multiple rain delays. Hurkacz completed double duty with a pair of comebacks on the day after beating a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/thanasi-kokkinakis/kd46/overview'Thanasi Kokkinakis/a 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(6) in the afternoon./p

pThe Polish star is competing in his first event since retiring in the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a second round with a knee injury./p

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