The remaining quarterfinal spots at the Toronto Masters 1000 will be handed out on Sunday, when Andrey Rublev goes up against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. Taylor Fritz and Jiri Lehecka are also in action.
(6) Andrey Rublev vs. (20) Alejandro davidovich Fokina
Davidovich Fokina is simply not slowing down. The 19th-ranked Spaniard is coming off a runner-up performance in Washington, D.C., where he beat Taylor Fritz in three hours and four minutes, upset Ben Shelton in the semis, and then lost to Alex de Minaur in another three-hour thriller from three championship points up. Impressively, Davidovich Fokina has gotten right back in gear at the National Bank Open to defeat both Corentin Moutet and Jakub Mensik in straight sets.
Up next for the No. 20 seed on Sunday is a seventh meeting with Rublev, who leads the head-to-head series 5-1. However, Davidovich Fokina won their most recent contest via a 7-5, 6-4 decision earlier this season on the red clay of Barcelona. Rublev has knocked off Hugo Gaston and Lorenzo Sonego so far in Toronto, but for the most part this 2025 campaign has been a struggle. Davidovich Fokina has the hot hand and will also take confidence from his recent victory over the Russian.
Pick: Davidovich Fokina and 3
(19) Jiri Lehecka vs. (2) Taylor Fritz
Despite his grueling loss to Davidovich Fokina in Washington, D.C., few players on tour are hotter than Fritz these days. The fourth-ranked American made a run to the Wimbledon semifinals (lost to Carlos Alcaraz in a fourth-set tiebreaker) and he is 4-1 on this North American hard-court swing. Toronto’s No. 2 seed is through to the last 16 thanks to straight-set defeats of Roberto Carballes Baena and an in-form Gabriel Diallo.
Standing in Fritz’s way of the quarters is Lehecka, who is getting swept 3-0 in the head-to-head series. Fritz is 6-1 in total sets after most recently prevailing 7-6(14), 6-2 at this same time of year in 2023 at the Cincinnati Masters. This is simply a bad matchup for Lehecka, because Fritz can hit just as big as he does off both wings and is far more consistent. The 27th-ranked Czech has been wildly inconsistent since a hot start to the season, and that trend will likely continue in this one.
Pick: Fritz in 2
