El favorito Alexander Zverev se recuperó para derrotar 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-3 al australiano Alexei Popyrin (18) el lunes para avanzar a las semifinales del Abierto Nacional

Alexei Popyrin has a very special feeling with the Canadian Open, which takes place in Toronto in this edition. The Australian ace surprised the world in Montreal last season, when he won the first Masters 1000 title of his career by beating Russian star Andrey Rublev in the final.

Alexander Zverev fired a ball into the hazy, evening sky — and right out of Sobeys Stadium in frustration. A few years back, the damage might have been a lot worse. The National Bank Open favourite had just lost the tiebreak in a knife-edged first set off a shot that clipped the net with a semifinal berth on the line.