Murray and Ruud advance to Toronto’s second round

Andy Murray qualified for the second round of the Masters tennis tournament in Toronto.

Murray defeated Italian Lorenzo Sonego 7:6(3), 6:0 in two hours and eight minutes of play. The success was the first for the Scottish tennis player in Toronto after winning the title in 2015.

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Murray’s opponent in the second round will be the Australian Max Purcell, who started from the qualifiers, who eliminated the tenth-seeded and home favorite Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) 6:4, 6:4.

Number 3 in the draw Casper Ruud (Norway) eliminated the Czech Jiri Lehechka with 7:6(6), 6:4. At the same time the 11th-seeded Briton Cameron Norrie dropped out after losing to Australian Alex de Minor 5:7, 4:6, as did another Briton Daniel Evans, who lost to Canadian Gabriel Diallo 6:7(4), 5:7.