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Gauff d. Day 6-2 7-5 in Toronto Coco wins her 1st match since Wimbledon It got tricky closing it out, but she got it done What she did on the grass exceeded all expectations Now she’s back on the surface where she won her 1st Slam ✅32nd win of 2026 So tough on these courts https://t.co/fwQo7o0orz

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Wow. Top seed Zverev is OUT in Montreal R2. This draw is even more wide open now. Just THREE top 10 players left and one of them didn’t even play his R2 match. https://t.co/DiMhrx42DA

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Alex de Minaur is the highest seed remaining in Montreal coming into R3

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Jodar d. Moutet 4-6 6-1 6-3 in Montreal Big comeback win for Rafa. Doing well during the North American Hard Court swing so far... just made the final in Washington. ✅31st win of 2026 Entering an event as a top 20 player for the first time. Watch out. 🇪🇸 https://t.co/lqLLj2hWcR

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Good question! https://t.co/4VyzPpJwAM

Bastien Fachan

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Absolute nightmare for Montreal this year: 🇨🇦 Felix Auger-Aliassime (W/O) ❌ 🇨🇦 Denis Shapovalov (RET.) ❌ 🇨🇦 Gabriel Diallo (RET.) ❌ 🇨🇦 Alexis Galarneau ❌ 🇨🇦 Duncan Chan ❌ 🇨🇦 Liam Draxl ❌ Only Diallo won a match, no Canadians in R3, and their top three players got injured.

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Felix Auger-Aliassime withdraws from Montreal due to a back injury. Hoping he recovers quickly and is ready to go for the last Slam of the year. 🇨🇦❤️‍🩹 https://t.co/vPpd2MeJYO

José Morgado

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My god https://t.co/tRJoFSkeNk

José Morgado

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HUGE bummer for the event. Big chance for Jaime Faria… https://t.co/PitzZfWK6C

José Morgado

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Oh what? This tournament is crazy now! https://t.co/DwunR0Bw3q

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Thiago Tirante d. Fritz 7-5 6-3 in Montreal Wow The world #65 gets one of the biggest wins of his career against the world #9 He’s now beaten both of the top Americans this year, Fritz & Shelton ✅1st Masters R3 on hard court ✅3rd top 10 win (2nd of 2026) Stepping up 🇦🇷 https://t.co/aNt6sl5wfn

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Andreeva d. Pliskova 6-0 6-2 in Toronto Clinical performance from Mirra. Things have slowed down a bit since she won Roland Garros... but she looks recharged again. ✅Won 9 of last 11 matches ✅39th win of 2026 Big win over a former finalist here. ❤ https://t.co/8q1DC51KXw

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Moutet up a set on Jodar 👀

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Jovic d. Linette 6-3 7-5 Iva gets another clean win over Magda, her 3rd of the year. ✅30th win of 2026 She gets her maiden win in Montreal. Off and running. 🇺🇲❤ https://t.co/rHhrxVEd20

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Venus/Eala getting centre court treatment in Toronto tomorrow for doubles. https://t.co/83MCOQaIF8

José Morgado

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Borges trying to make 4-0 vs. Etcheverry in 2026, which would be quite remarkable considering their rankings. Match ups matter

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Rybakina d. Daria Kasatkina 6-3 5-7 6-4 in Toronto Elena survives her first match of the North American hard court swing. She struggled to find her best tennis consistently on the clay & the grass. Lots of ups & downs again today… 15 aces, 16 double faults… her greatest https://t.co/OQ6hCPOtIg

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Shelton d. Jenson Brooksby 6-3 7-5 Great opening win for Ben in Montreal. Looking to defend his title. ✅28th win of 2026 A lot of pressure... but Ben definitely thrives when the lights are on. Looking determined. 🇺🇲 https://t.co/x39s6hgq18

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Ben Shelton starts his title defense campaign with 6-3, 7-5 win over Jenson Brooksby 💥🛡️ #OBN26 https://t.co/1GbXpnqu8B

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Fils d. Zachary Svajda 6-4 3-6 6-1 in Montreal. Arthur gets his first win since Wimbledon. A lot of important events missed this season due to his ongoing injuries. But when he's been able to stay healthy, you see exactly why he's one of the biggest talents in the game. https://t.co/Og824sp7lu

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That one must feel good for Ruud considering the opponent… https://t.co/6bx8pIpG62

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Ruud d. Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-1 6-2 Quick day at the office for Casper. His last loss was to Juan a few weeks ago in Gstaad... it was a completely different match today. ✅25th win of 2026 Starting the North American hard court swing with a win 🇳🇴 https://t.co/u6FEbeVXAb

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Bencic d. Sloane Stephens 6-3 6-1 in Toronto Convincing performance from Belinda against the 2017 US Open champ. No stranger to playing incredible tennis at this event… she won it back in 2015 as a teenager. Time flies, but she’s still at the top. ✅25th win of 2026 🇨🇭❤️ https://t.co/GlN9HnXZcs

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João Fonseca into the 3rd round in Montreal after a nice match vs. Stef Tsitsipas, who is slowly coming back to a decent form again. Good to see. https://t.co/pq5HOWJJB7

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João Fonseca says the experience of playing against the top 5, Sinner, Alcaraz, Djokovic, Zverev, and Shelton, has helped his development as a player “You were serving for it at 5-4, Stefanos with the break. Then you were able to break right back. What flipped for you mentally?” https://t.co/oaAA8UmFv9

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Fonseca d. Tsitsipas 7-6 7-5 in Montreal João is now 2-0 against Stef 31 winners, 9 aces The amount of ways he was able to hurt him on the court was really something 19 years old with so many weapons… and they’re only getting sharper. ✅1st ever win at Canada Masters 🇧🇷💛 https://t.co/1Gv5WHbSKF

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Musetti d. Nicolás Mejía 7-6(8) 6-2 Nice to see Lorenzo playing back-to-back events. He missed the entire grass swing and Roland Garros due to injury. ✅16th win of 2026 Hoping he can stay healthy and active the rest of the season 🇮🇹 https://t.co/YMJIdxLUhr

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Borges is indeed 4-0 vs. Etcheverry in 2026 after reaching the 3rd round in Montreal. Back tomorrow to face Yannick Hanfmann in a very open section of the draw… One of Borges, Hanfmann, Darderi or Shang will reach the QFs in Canada https://t.co/K09iWtLdDu https://t.co/LtZ0bmv1uV

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Stefanos Tsitsipas complaining to the umpire about the condition of the court during his match against João Fonseca in Montreal Stef: “Do you see the bounce? This is like a court from a public court. It has like, a bounce, like this. Do you see it? It’s not a singles court. It’s https://t.co/kPSOCFxNV6

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Tsitsipas says he should’ve started this chapter with a new coach a long time ago… he wishes his coaching relationship with his dad was similar to what Shelton has with his dad, ‘He's an example to me of how a father should be around his child playing competitive tennis’ “Do https://t.co/4prTTQfqqa

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Alex Eala's title run in DC was nothing short of special 🌟 The Big T is breaking it all down! Listen or watch now ➡️ https://t.co/nmwgp2WdCU https://t.co/f3W0qNw1WK

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Novak Djokovic plays Cincinnati next week. His first match is in less than 10 days. 🇺🇸🎾 https://t.co/Ea8fkaojjE

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THE MOST INSANE TIEBREAK RUN IN TENNIS HISTORY 🎾 Novak Djokovic at RG 2023, played 6 tiebreaks... and WON ALL 6 OF THEM. What's even crazier is, During this entire 15-tiebreak run: • He played 55 total points • He committed ZERO unforced errors 🤯 He played 50+ https://t.co/H8TIDqtfvM

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If Carlos Alcaraz does play the US Open, he will do so without having played Canada or Cincinnati... Since 1990 (the year Masters began), no man won the US Open without playing Canada or Cincinnati. https://t.co/SfuJ6OLWfI

José Morgado

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What a day starting in 30 minutes in Canada. https://t.co/wwmhgwEot2

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Jodar is already elite at attacking short balls to his backhand and returning aggressively. On Monday, Fritz had the answers to contain both of those strengths. Also discuss Jodar's netrushing reluctance and Fritz figuring out how HE needs to volley. ⬇️

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Roger Federer 🥈💐 🔆August 5, 2012🔆 “I had a very emotional tournament from start to finish. I could have lost in the first round against Falla. Same thing obviously with Del Potro. I felt like I won my silver, I didn’t lose it. So I feel very, very happy.” https://t.co/UUHzYiMoGR

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Aryna Sabalenka's Toronto outfit appears to be a nod to the Blue Jays, Toronto's baseball team 💙🩵 https://t.co/dTuIgIgiTr

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Example of how tennis highlights are broken. In the DC Final, Jodar had a break point in Fritz's 5-4 championship-closing service game. If Rafa wins the point it's a new match. It's the biggest point there was. It was a quick error. It is in none of the highlights I've found.

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Back on her favorite surface 😉🐯 Aryna Sabalenka wins in straight sets in Toronto. #NBO26 https://t.co/wDinemGIbj

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Couldn't feel worse for the guy. https://t.co/aoAM5JHiHY

José Morgado

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Alex Blockx into R3 without playing. Awiats Lehecka or Kopriva. https://t.co/VPWYCuNEk0

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🚨 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥 : Novak Djokovic's documentary comes out in 15 days... https://t.co/IFH3rjzYgk

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This should be fun, no matter how you feel about Venus still receiving singles wild cards, she is still competitive in doubles, won a match with Shnaider last week. Eala is in the singles night session on Wednesday and will be playing with Venus on Thursday night, huge Filipino https://t.co/45RSqiZgRt

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Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from Cincinnati. He will not have the chance to defend his title, but hopefully he’ll be ready for the U.S. Open. ❤️‍🩹 https://t.co/w3sliNzUS2

José Morgado

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Now that's surprising. https://t.co/flwXOUExpt

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The return is put on pause ⏯️ We hope to see Carlos back to defend his US Open title 🙏 https://t.co/FsK9Q8o5WJ

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Alcaraz will not be playing in Cincy The good news is he is back to training but not far enough along to make it to Cincy. He will either play the US Open without a warmup or miss the last 3 slams of the year, but I think its good that he's taking it cautiously as he has https://t.co/KnZfMO7IVv

José Morgado

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Shang saves 5 MPs, defeats Rublev in Montreal R2. https://t.co/dqkdAGW6EG

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Let’s hope this is purely just because he’s just started hitting with intensity (and recovery progressing well) and Cincinnati would be too soon, and not because while he was training he suffered another setback. This does mean US Open looks very much in doubt either way though. https://t.co/ssUM9X75to