Popyrin downs another seed to win Montreal title

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MONTREAL — Alexei Popyrin of Australia, who turned pro in 2017, defeated fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia 6-2, 6-4 on Monday night to win the National Bank Open men’s singles title.

The match took 90 minutes.

Popyrin, who lost in the men’s singles round-of-16 at the Paris Olympics, had 10 aces and only three double faults against Rublev. The Australian knocked off four seeded players to win the ATP 1000 event.

Rublev had four aces, five double faults and 15 unforced errors.

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