It’s a busy day of first-round action at the Canadian Open, with plenty of notable names taking to the court at the ATP event in Toronto and the WTA tournament in Montreal.
06:10 CET – Maria Sakkari defeats Canadian Carson Branstine on her home court 6-2, 3-6, 7-5.
The win marks Sakkari’s first in Montreal since 2021.
05:30 CET – Canadian Alexis Galarneau puts on a show for the home crowd, stunning Arthur Rinderknech in straight sets 7-6, 6-3.
05:00 CET – Antonia Ruzic defeats Anastasia Potapova after a flawless third set 2-6, 7-5, 6-0.
03:35 CET – Pablo Carreno-Busta played spoiler for Canada’s own Liam Draxl, taking down the Newmarket native 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
The former champ’s hopes stay alive!
03:30 CET – Canada’s own Eugenie Bouchard wins on her home court after taking down Emiliana Arango 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.
It’s Bouchard’s first win in the Montreal Open since 2016 and her first tour-level win since 2023
03:15 CET – Fabian Marozsan makes quick work of Hugo Dellien, defeating him 6-2, 6-2 in 64 minutes.
Heading into the match, Marozsan had won just over 75% of service games on hardcourts – he won 88% against Dellien.
02:50 CET – Anastasija Sevastova defeats Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 after the latter committed 13 double faults in the match.
02:00 CET – Matteo Gigante battles it out to the very end against Borna Coric, ultimately earning the win 4-6, 6-4, 7-6.
The Italian will go on to face Gabriel Diallo in the next round.
01:30 CET – Lucia Bronzetti battles back after losing the first set to defeat Elizabeth Mandlik 4-6, 7-6, 6-2.
Bronzetti took a medical timeout during the first set to address back problems, but fought on and will now face Clara Tauson in the next round.
00:55 CET – Renata Zarazua defeats Katie Boulter in straight sets 6-1, 7-5.
The win marks Zarazua’s fourth win against a top-50 player. She will take on Jeļena Ostapenko in the next round.
00:40 CET – Roberto Carballes Baena advances with a 6-4, 4-1 win after Camilo Ugo Carabelli retired in the second set due to a forearm injury.
Carabelli was attended to when down 1-2 in the second set then played on until the pain was too much for the Argentinian.
22:58 CET – Naomi Osaka has just completed her first match in Montreal since 2018, and it was a happy return for the four-time Grand Slam champion, with her beating Canadian qualifier Ariana Arseneault 6-4, 6-2.
Marie Bouzkova is also through, while French veteran Adrian Mannarino has beaten Marcos Giron 6-4, 6-4 on the men’s side of the draw.
21:46 CET – Joao Fonseca has fallen at the first hurdle! The young star has been beaten 7-6, 6-4 by Australian qualifier Tristan Schoolkate.
21:24 CET – Wimbledon quarter-finalist Laura Siegemund has won a brutal battle with fellow German Tatjana Maria, prevailing 7-5, 6-7, 7-6 after three and a half hours!
21:12 CET – Emma Raducanu is through, with the Brit beating Elena Gabriela Ruse of Belgium 6-2, 6-4 in just over an hour and a half. The former US Open champion is playing really well at the moment.
20:45 CET – Anna Blinkova has advanced with a 6-4, 6-1 win over American player Caroline Dolehide.
19:57 CET – Jaume Munar has eased into the next round in Toronto, with the Spaniard sweeping aside Dan Martin in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0.
19:09 CET – Qualifier Kamilla Rakhimova is through in Montreal after coming from behind to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 over Kayla Cross.
Over in Toronto, Ethan Quinn and Yunchaokete Bu have progressed courtesy of straight-set victories.
18:34 CET – Over to Montreal, where we have had a bit of an upset, with Chinese qualifier Hanyu Guo taking out world number 46 Yulia Putintseva 6-3, 6-3.
Meanwhile, Belgian veteran David Goffin is out of the tournament in Toronto following a 6-4, 6-4 defeat to American Mackenzie McDonald.
18:30 CET – Our first result in from today’s play as Christopher O’Connell has dispatched lucky loser Chun Hsin Tseng 6-1, 6-2 in just 77 minutes.
15:55 CET – Play is about to get underway in both Toronto and Montreal, with veteran German duo Tatjana Maria and Laura Siegemund set to do battle from 16:10 CET.
Follow their clash right here.
13:50 CET – We’re just over three hours away from play getting started in Toronto and Montreal, as Emma Raducanu, Naomi Osaka and Joao Fonseca all begin their campaigns this evening.