Thanasi Kokkinakis has arrange a conflict with world No.19 Lorenzo Musetti within the second spherical of the ATP 1000 Toronto Masters after a strong first-up success.
After successful two qualifying rounds to achieve the principle draw, the 27-year-old South Australian recorded a 7-5 6-4 victory over China’s Zhang Zhizhen on a rain-affected Monday.
In the primary match on tour between two gamers with nearly equivalent information in 2023, the 86th-ranked Kokkinakis blasted down 14 aces and by no means confronted a break level on serve in opposition to the world No.63.
Kokkinakis will face sixteenth seed Musetti within the spherical of 32 after the Italian scored a 6-4 6-1 win over Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka.
Elsewhere, there have been additionally straight-sets victories for three-time grand slam semi-finalist Matteo Berrettini, Hubert Hurkacz and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, whereas Francisco Cerundolo and Jiri Lehecka triumphed in three.
Berrettini has gained seven tour-level titles in his profession, however has but to triumph on exhausting courts. The 27-year-old, who’s making his debut in Toronto, will subsequent play countryman and seventh seed Jannik Sinner.
Australians Alex de Minaur, Max Purcell, Aleksandar Vukic will get their campaigns underway in Canada on Tuesday.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
