Canada: Andreescu wins on return as Nadal withdraws

Again on residence soil, Bianca Andreescu scored a much-needed win on Tuesday evening to guide a number of massive names into the final 16 on the Canadian Open.

But Rafael Nadal was not one among them, with the Spanish famous person succumbing to an ongoing foot harm and pulling out of the event. 

Hear from @RafaelNadal on his left foot harm 👇

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— ATP Tour (@atptour) August 10, 2021

The occasion is unfold throughout Canada’s two greatest cities, with the ladies this 12 months enjoying in Montreal and the boys gathering in Toronto. 

Andreescu is the defending champion, having received the ladies’s title the final time the occasion was performed in Toronto in 2019, only a few weeks earlier than she went on to win the US Open.

The world No.8 had misplaced 4 of her previous 5 matches earlier than arriving in Montreal, however elevated her recreation from a break down within the third set to beat a gallant Harriet Dart 6-1 3-6 6-3.

With the win, Andreescu moved into the third spherical the place she joined No.7 seed Petra Kvitova, eighth seed Victoria Azarenka and Olympic doubles gold medallist Katerina Siniakova, who upset No.5 seed Garbina Muguruza 6-2 0-6 6-3.

Katerina Siniakova has defeated 2 Slam champions to advance to the Spherical of 16 in Montreal

1R: d. Ostapenko 61 63
2R: d. Muguruza 62 06 63

Siniakova has now tallied 2 Prime 10 wins this season (Muguruza, S. Williams). #OBN21

— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) August 10, 2021

Wednesday’s schedule sees the long-awaited return of Simona Halep, who has been sidelined since tearing her calf on the Rome event in Could.

She takes on Danielle Collins, a latest champion in Palermo and San Jose who improved her successful streak to 11 with a three-set win over Jil Teichman in spherical one.  

Event high seed Aryna Sabalenka additionally options in second-round motion on Wednesday when she performs American star Sloane Stephens. 

ORDER OF PLAY: Wednesday 11 August (Montreal)

In the meantime, Nadal’s withdrawal means not one of the ‘Huge Three’ will participate within the Masters-level event, with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer earlier asserting they’d not make the journey to Toronto.

It marks the primary time since 2001 that the Canada event has gone forward with out the legendary trio – who every personal 20 Grand Slam singles titles. 

“I’ve had this concern for a few months, as folks know,” said Nadal of his foot harm, which noticed him skip Wimbledon and the Olympics. “After all, it isn’t a contented state of affairs after all of the success that I had right here in Canada, not having the ability to play this 12 months after lacking a 12 months. It’s a tricky one, however that is how it’s at the moment.”

Daniil Medvedev headlines the draw as the highest seed, with third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas the second-highest ranked participant within the males’s subject. 

Medvedev and Tsitsipas each progressed to the third spherical with three-set victories on Tuesday; Medvedev noticed off Alexander Bublik for the third time in three months whereas Tsitsipas beat Ugo Humbert, avenging his first-round loss to the Frenchman on the Tokyo Olympics.

They joined sixth seed Casper Ruud and American Reilly Opelka within the final 16 in Toronto; Opelka upset No.14 seed Grigor Dimitrov on Tuesday evening whereas Ruud – a winner of his previous three tournaments – is now on a 12-match successful streak after stopping Marin Cilic 6-3 3-6 6-3.

On Wednesday, Canadian stars Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime will play their second-round matches, towards Frances Tiafoe and Dusan Lajovic respectively. 

Each Shapovalov and Auger-Aliassime are top-10 seeds and are aiming to turn out to be the primary home-grown males’s champion on the occasion since Robert Bédard in 1958.

Additionally in motion is final week’s Washington DC champion Jannik Sinner, who takes on Australia’s James Duckworth for a shot at Medvedev within the final 16.