The first day of the National Bank Open in Canada delivered some smashing tennis but quite a bit of drama as we had an unusually large number of retirements by players who were struggling with the conditions and injuries. Hopefully, today will go a bit better for the players as play will commence at 17:00 CET like yesterday.
It will kick off with several interesting matches including Brooksby vs Basilashvili, Nishikori vs Kecmanovic and Norrie vs Khachanov. John Isner and and Frances Tiafoe iwll be in action as well as Daniil Medvedev who plays Alexander Bublik. Casper Ruud will try to win on hard vs Cilic while Stefanos Tsisipas will play Hugo Humbert.
On the women's side of the draw, we will see quite a few notable players play on Tuesday with things getting underway at 17:00. Coco Gauff will take on Sevastova who traditionally plays her best tennis in North America.
Garbine Muguruza will be back as well as the Spaniard takes on Siniakova. Petra Kvitova will take on Fiona Ferro as Stephens plays Yastremska.
The final three matches of the day will be extremely entertaining as Canadian Bianca Andreescu will make her return to tennis after missing out on the Olympic Games. Red-hot Collins will play Teichmann while Victoria Azarenka will take on Cirstea in a rematch of their Wimbledon match where Cirstea proved better.
2021 National Bank Open ATP & WTA Day 2 Schedule of Play:
*All times displayed are Central European Time (CET)
ATP
17:00 Brooksby J. (Usa) - Basilashvili N. (Geo)
17:00 Kecmanovic M. (Srb) - Nishikori K. (Jpn)
17:00 Lajovic D. (Srb) - Ruusuvuori E. (Fin)
17:00 Norrie C. (Gbr) - Khachanov K. (Rus)
18:30 Isner J. (Usa) - Davidovich Fokina A. (Esp)
18:30 Nishioka Y. (Jpn) - Tiafoe F. (Usa)
20:00 Medvedev D. (Rus) - Bublik A. (Kaz)
20:00 Paire B. (Fra) - McDonald M. (Usa)
22:00 Ruud C. (Nor) - Cilic M. (Cro)
01:00 Humbert U. (Fra) - Tsitsipas S. (Gre)
02:30 Dimitrov G. (Bul) - Opelka R. (Usa)
WTA
17:00 Gauff C. (Usa) - Sevastova A. (Lat)
17:00 Kontaveit A. (Est) - Pegula J. (Usa)
17:00 Yastremska D. (Ukr) - Stephens S. (Usa)
17:00 Zhang S. (Chn) - Konta J. (Gbr)
18:30 Garcia C. (Fra) - Pavlyuchenkova A. (Rus)
18:30 Giorgi C. (Ita) - Mertens E. (Bel)
18:30 Kudermetova V. (Rus) - Putintseva Y. (Kaz)
18:30 Siniakova K. (Cze)- Muguruza G. (Esp)
20:00 Kvitova P. (Cze) - Ferro F. (Fra)
20:00 Rybakina E. (Kaz) - Samsonova L. (Rus)
20:00 Van Uytvanck A. (Bel) - Vekic D. (Cro)
20:00 Zhao C. (Can) - Sorribes Tormo S. (Esp)
23:00 Martic P. (Cro) - Kasatkina D. (Rus)
00:30 Collins D. R. (Usa) - Teichmann J. B. (Sui)
01:00 Dart H. (Gbr) - Andreescu B. V. (Can)
02:30 Cirstea S. (Rou) - Azarenka V. (Blr)