Draper/Sinner down Bublik/Shelton, reach Montreal QFs | ATP Tour

Double

Draper & Sinner down Bublik & Shelton, reach Montreal QFs

Etcheverry/Tabilo upset the Lammons/Withrow line

August 07, 2024

In the second round among four Top 30 singles players in the PIF ATP Rankings, Jack Draper and Jannik Sinner defeated Alexander Bublik and Ben Shelton 7-6 (2), 6-1 at the Omnium Banque National presented by Rogers.

The British-Italian duo won 81 percent of their serves and saved all three break points they faced, according to Infosys ATP Stats, to reach the quarter-finals. They will next face second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden or 14th seeds Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski.

Bublik and Shelton were competing within hours of playing each other in a first round match, which the American lost.

As part of the ATP doubles test, singles teams compete against professional doubles teams in the first round and Wednesday’s action featured a few such matches, with evenly split results.

Miomir Kecmanovic and Casper Ruud eliminated Argentina’s seventh-seeded Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni 7-6(4), 6-3.

Miomir Kecmanovic and Casper Ruud in Montreal.”>
^{Miomir Kecmanovic and Casper Ruud from Montreal. Credit: Peter Staples/ATP Tour}

Tomas Martin Etcheverry and Alejandro Tabilo ended a seven-match winning streak over No. 13 Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow with a 1-6, 6-4, 10-4 victory. The American couple arrived in Montreal after consecutive headlines in Atlanta and Washington.

Nys and Zielinski and 15th seeds Lloyd Glasspool and Nikola Mektic picked up a win in the professional doubles. The Monegasque-Polish pair defeated Arthur Fils and Nicolas Jarry 4-6, 6-3, 10-5 while Glasspool and Mektic cruised past Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev 6-3, 6-4.

Nikola Mektic and Lloyd Glasspool lead in straight sets.”>
^{Nikola Mektic and Lloyd Glasspool lead in straight sets. Credit: Peter Staples/ATP Tour}