National Bank Open 2025 Day 8 Recap

Sunday’s round of 16 action in Toronto delivered the most dramatic day of the tournament to date, with all the matches that go the distance.

Taylor Fritz sealed a milestone by reaching its first Toronto quarter final and completing the set of last eight performances at all nine Masters 1000 with a three-hour serving clinic against Jiri Lehecka.

Ben Shelton also had to go the distance, fight past Flavio Cobbolli in a tiebreak-heavy war that contained explosive hit, a saved match point and even an exchange after the match over a gesture in the decisive switch.

Cobolli may have had a cleaner level for distances, but Shelton showed why he is one of the cruelest competitors on the tour.

At the same time, Alex de Minaur continued his relentless 2025 form and exceeded Frances Tiefoe in three sets, and Andrey Ruble was favored by a mid-match pension by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, who had held Match-Point-level moments but bleached physically after losing the other set.

With eight players left, including three Americans, the field is wide open. This is how everything developed on day 8 at the National Bank Open.

Day eight Canadian open 2025 round of 16 results

Match Summary

Ben Shelton Def. Flavio cobolli, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (1)

Ben Shelton staged a late comeback to hack his 100th victory at the turn level and exceeded Flavio Cobolli 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (1) in its National Bank open the fourth round.

After 3-5 in the decision, the fourth-seeded American found his track and dominated tiebreak to even out his head-to-head at 2-2.

Cobolli is a super athletic on court, and he was able to neutralize Shelton’s explosive serving and advance for much of the two-hour, 36-minute battle.

But Shelton still plays as if he has got his college teammates on the court cheating on him, and he showed lots of determination, turned things and even forced the Italian to save a match point to save before tie -break before releasing clean the connection to dominate the switch.

There were a few words at the end with Shelton confronted Cobolli about a gesture he had done in tiebreak, but it is difficult to see how Shelton can be the annoyed when he was roaring as if he won the tournament at Cobolli’s unspoken mistake.

Alex the minered def. France tife, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

Alex de Minaur continues to truck as he fought past Frances Tiefoe 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Aussie was 2023 Toronto finalist and has continued to win matches this season, consistently shows up in the later rounds of all dragark.

They cruised early, but Tiefoe struck back and planned with a pre -operated second set. The determination hit on a marathon point of 4-4, 40/40, with the Minaur who broke in the ninth game and served after two hours and 24 minutes.

Andrey rubled Def. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (2), 3-0 (ret.)

Andrey Rublev survived an early fear to reach the Toronto quarter finals and collected from two points from the defeat before Alejandro Davidovich Fokina retired at 6-7 (3), 7-6 (2), 3-0 due to mobility problems.

Davidovich Fokina has been in excellent shape and had a 5-4, 30/0 lead in the second set but faded after failing to close.

Rublev struck in tiebreak and dominated early in the third before the No. 19 movement vacated. Was it 11 am start in the final round? 😁

Taylor Fritz Def. Jiri Lehecka, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5)

Taylor Fritz exceeded Jiri Lehecka 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5) late on Sunday evening and secured his first Toronto quarter finals, and he has now reached at least the last eight of all nine ATP-Masters 1000 events.

This three-grinding match saw zero outages, with Fritz who saved all nine break points and Lehecka all five in a three hour serving class.

Both guys came close to breaking, WTH Fritz fled 0/40 at 5-6 in the first set and Lehecka patted out of the same 0-1 deficit in the third, but it was the American who got it in he tie, leaned on his first serve to develop.

Last season, GMP dominated the serving top list, but this year Fritz has topped the lists and won 79.3% of its first serving points over the past 52 weeks. He also boasts A super solid second serving. Can he take advantage of that state to win any titles?

Highlights

Canadian Open 2025 Day 9 Quarter Final Matches