It was one other stable Canadian Masters marketing campaign for Alexei Popyrin after the reigning champion reached the quarterfinals.
Toronto, Canada, 11 August 2025 | Jackson Mansell
Final 12 months’s champion, Alexei Popyrin, produced one other deep end on the Canadian Masters when he superior to his third ATP singles quarterfinal of 2025.
Whereas the 26-year-old fell wanting defending his maiden ATP Masters 1000 title towards Alexander Zverev within the final eight in Toronto, he equalled his runs this 12 months from Monte Carlo and Geneva.
Popyrin defeated top-20 gamers Daniil Medvedev and Holger Rune en route and claimed the opening set towards prime seed Zverev within the quarterfinals.
READ: Popyrin masters Rune to succeed in Toronto quarterfinals
World No.8 Alex de Minaur additionally progressed to the quarterfinals in Toronto, which made it the primary time since Todd Woodbridge, Mark Philippoussis and Pat Rafter in 1996 that two or extra Australians reached that stage of the event.
This week’s most excellent performers embrace:
Giselle Isabella Guillen: From qualifier to champion, the 17-year-old claimed her first senior singles title in Tweed Heads because the Australian Professional Tour resumed this week. Guillen denied Catherine Aulia in three units for the trophy.
Dane Sweeny: The New South Welshman reigned supreme on the Professional Tour occasion in Brisbane, successful the lads’s singles event after Derek Pham handed him a walkover forward of the ultimate.
John-Patrick Smith: After reaching the Washington doubles semifinals, the doubles world No.50 backed it up with a quarterfinals berth on the Canadian Masters. It’s Smith’s second Masters 1000 quarterfinal for the 12 months, along with his earlier look at Indian Wells in March.
Chase Ferguson: The 26-year-old received his first males’s doubles title after rising victorious in Wuning, China. Ferguson and China’s Yang Mingyuan defeated Japanese pairing Yuichiro Inui and Makoto Ochi 6-7(6) 7-6(1) [10-6].
Tenika Mcgiffin: The Queenslander hoisted silverware for the second week in a row in Monastir, Turkey. Mcgiffin and Latvian accomplice Elza Tomase had been dominant as they claimed the ITF W15 doubles title.
Catherine Aulia and Lily Fairclough: The Australian duo defeated compatriot Gabriella Da Silva-Fick and Kiwi Monique Barry to win the Professional Tour doubles occasion in Tweed Heads.
Zachary Viiala and Hugh Winter: Viiala and Winter secured their maiden doubles titles in Brisbane on the males’s Professional Tour event.
Philip Sekulic: The 21-year-old added to his Bali type, reaching the semifinals for a second-straight week. Sekulic redeemed his semifinal loss final week to compatriot Matthew Dellavedova within the second spherical with a 6-2 6-4 victory.
Edward Winter: The Adelaide teenager excelled in Wuning, as he made the singles semifinals of the ITF M15 occasion. Wuning is Winter’s second semifinal of 2025, along with his earlier final-four look leading to silverware in Heraklion, Greece.
Stefan Vujic: The 27-year-old competed within the ITF M25 Brazzaville doubles semifinals in Congo this week. It marks Vujic’s fifth semifinal in tandem this season.
Blake Mott: The New South Welshman superior to the ultimate eight at an ITF M25 event in Roehampton, United Kingdom. The No.7 seed recorded wins towards two native opponents to succeed in the quarterfinals.
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