Alexei Popyrin is savouring the biggest win of his his career after continuing his giant-killing run to become the first Australian in more than two decades to capture a Masters 1000 crown.
Mixing sublime touch with ferocious firepower, Popyrin out-gunned volatile Russian world No.6 Andrey Rublev 6-2 6-4 in thunderous final triumph in Montreal.
The 25-year-old pocketed a monster cheque for $US1.05 million ($A1.6 million) after becoming the first Aussie to win a Masters 1000 event since Lleyton Hewitt went back-to-back in Indian Wells while world No.1 in 2002-03.
