The meeting lasted 1 hour 32 minutes and ended with a score of 7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 3 in favor of the seventh racket of the world.

In the next round, Rublev defeated American John Isner, who defeated Chilean Kristjan Garin.

Earlier it was reported that Lyudmila Samsonova could not reach the third round of the WTA tournament in Montreal.