This Thursday, the Frenchman Alexandre Muller was released in the second round of the Masters 1000 of Toronto by Holger Rune. On the other hand, it goes for Alexander Zverev.
Alexandre Muller will go no further. This Thursday, the Frenchman, 40th world player and seeded n ° 29, was eliminated in the second round of the Masters 1000 in Toronto in Canada, on Duan, by the Danish Holger Rune, 9th world player and seeded n ° 5, in two sets (6-2, 6-4) and 1h05 of play. In the first round, the French was break the first time at 1-1 then a second in 1-1 and a second in 1-1 and a second in 1-1 then More specifically at 2-4.
In the process, the Danish had to take it four times before concluding and pocket this first set (6-2).
Finally, in the second and last round, the tricolor this time was only a breaké once, at 1-1. An advantage that Holger Rune kept until the end before going to put an end to this meeting on his very first match ball (6-4). The 9th world player, a fall of the French Giovanni Mpeshi Perricard, 43rd world player, when he entered the running, qualified for the round of 16.
Zverev fought before unrolling
His next opponent will be the Australian Alexei Popyrin, holding the title, 26th world player and seeded n ° 18, who overthrew the Russian Daniil Medvedev, 14th world player and seeded n ° 10, in three sets (5-7, 6-4, 6-4) and 2:32 of play. Three sets, it was also what it took to German Alexander Zverev, 3rd world player and seeded n ° 1, to get rid of the Italian Matteo Arnaldi, 41st world player and seeded n ° 32.
On arrival, Zverev got out of it in 2:48 a.m., after losing the first round (7-6 (5)). The last two sets were then more controlled by the German (6-3, 6-2). Finally, it also goes for the Norwegian Casper Ruud, 13th world player and seeded n ° 8, against the Portuguese Nuno Borges, 42nd world player and seeded n ° 30, in two sets (7-5, 6-4) and 1h43 of play.
