South African tennis ace Lloyd Harris has set up a rematch with Spanish legend Rafael Nadal at the Masters 1000 event in Toronto, Canada.
Harris beat Canadian qualifier Brayden Schnur 6-3, 6-2 in his first round match on Monday, booking a date in the second round with 20-time Grand Slam winner Nadal.
Nadal, who is seeded second in Toronto, had a bye in the first round.
It will be the second consecutive week that Harris faces Nadal, with the South African having stunned the Spaniard 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in their third round encounter in Washington last week.
Harris lost 6-3, 7-5 to Japan's Kei Nishikori in the quarter-finals of the Washington ATP 500-level event but his run the US capitol was enough to move up one spot to 49th in the latest ATP rankings.
Nadal moved down a spot to No 4 behind Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Re-match with Rafa? Booked ?@lloydharris63 defeats Schnur 6-3 6-2 and sets another clash with Nadal in Toronto - one week after beating the 20x Slam champ in Washington....#NBO21 pic.twitter.com/NMh5Mo24AD
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 9, 2021
Results from Monday's matches at the ATP Toronto Masters tournament (x denotes seed):
First round
James Duckworth (AUS) bt Taylor Fritz (USA) 7-6 (7/2), 6-3
Fabio Fognini (ITA) bt Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 6-7 (2/7), 6-2, 6-4
Marin Cilic (CRO) bt Albert Ramos (ESP) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Ugo Humbert (FRA) bt Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) 6-3, 6-4
Alexander Bublik (KAZ) bt Daniel Evans (GBR) 6-4, 6-4
John Millman (AUS) bt Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4)
Lloyd Harris (RSA) bt Brayden Schnur (CAN) 6-3, 6-2
Alexander Bublik (KAZ) bt Daniel Evans (GBR) 6-4, 6-4
Reilly Opelka (USA) bt Nick Kyrgios (AUS) 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4
Tommy Paul (USA) bt Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-3