Overview
- On Thursday Arthur Fils defeated Mariano Navone 6-3, 6-2 to reach the round of 16 at the Montreal Masters 1000.
- Fils had earlier survived a tougher test by beating Zachary Svajda 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 the previous day.
- Thursday’s match was delayed about 90 minutes by rain, lasted roughly 1 hour 19 minutes and saw Fils hit 15 winners to Navone’s 4.
- Fils, the French No.1 aged 22 and ranked 24th, is set to face Cameron Norrie for a place in the quarterfinals after Norrie defeated Alex de Minaur.
- The tournament has produced mixed results for France with wins for Terence Atmane, Titouan Droguet and Arthur Rinderknech alongside defeats for Corentin Moutet, Ugo Humbert and Valentin Royer while Gaël Monfils made his final Canadian Masters appearance in defeat.