Andrey Rublev beat Vasek Pospisil 6-2 6-4 in 1 hour and 19 minutes in his first match as a top 10 player to set up a second round match against Frenchman Ugo Humbert. Rublev converted 4 of his 13 break points and saved three of the four break points he faced. He won 87% of his first serve points.
Pospisil earned a 40-0 lead in the third game, but he wasted four game points and dropped his serve when his backhand landed long. Rublev consolidated the break with a forehand winner and earned another break to open up a 4-1 lead. Rublev fended off two break points in the sixth game to race out to 5-1. The 22-year-old Russian player wasted three set points on return in the seventh game, but he closed out the opening set 6-2 with a service winner.
Both players traded breaks in the third an dfourth games of the second set. Rublev earned another break with a backhand crosscourt winner to take a 4-3 lead. He closed out the match with four winners at 5-4 to reach the Round of 16.
Karen Khachanov broke three times and dropped serve once in his 6-4 6-4 win over James Duckworth. Khachanov earned a break in the first game and saved a break point at 5-4 to wrap up the first set 6-4.
Both players traded breaks in the third and fourth games in the second set. Khachanov won three consecutive games from 3-4 down to close out the second set 6-4.
Milos Raonic beat US qualifier JJ Wolf 7-6 (7-5) 6-1. The Canadian player hit 21 aces and saved all five break points he faced. Raonic saved all five break points he faced at 4-5 in the first set to force it to the tie-break. Raonic won the breaker 7-5 before breaking twice in a row in the fourth and sixth games to win the second set 6-1.
Borna Coric beat Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez 6-3 7-6 after 1 hour and 36 minutes. Coric earned two consecutive breaks in the seventh and ninth games to win the first set 6-3. Lopez fended off two break points in the second game of the second set, which came down to the tie-break. Coric got a double mini-break to win the tie-break 7-2.
Miomir Kecmanovic came back from 3-6 down in the second set of the tie-break of the second set and saved three set points to beat Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3 7-6 (9-7). The Serbian player set up a second round match against Cameron Norrie, who Taylor Fritz 6-4 4-6 6-3 on Monday.
