A new WTA 1000 event will take place at the Canadian Open, with Bianca Andreescu and Leylah Fernandez as the main local stars. This year's tournament will be held in Toronto, and the schedule for the night sessions of the first round is already being outlined.
Despite some withdrawals following the Olympic Games, including Iga Swiatek, Qinwen Zheng, and Barbora Krejcikova, the tournament will feature most of the top-20 players, with Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka being the main title contenders.
As the Canadian Open is about to commence, the organization has begun to define the first-round schedule, particularly who will feature in the night sessions on Center Court at Sobeys Stadium in Toronto.
The qualifiers will conclude on Monday, finalizing the last players to enter the main draw. However, the night session matches have already been decided, with local players taking center stage.
On Tuesday, the 2019 champion Bianca Andreescu will take to the court in her first hardcourt tournament since the 2023 Canadian Open. The former US Open champion has recovered from an injury that kept her out of competition for 10 months and is looking to regain her top form. She will face Lesia Tsurenko, against whom she has a 0-2 head-to-head record.
On Wednesday, another Canadian, Leylah Fernandez, will take the spotlight. The world No. 25 has had limited success at the tournament with just three wins and four losses, but this year she arrives with more confidence after solidifying her position as a top-30 player and a formidable opponent for anyone. She will debut against Shuai Zhang (No. 685), who has not won a WTA match since January 2023.
Thursday will see the second-round matches, where the top seeds will begin their campaigns. World No. 3 Aryna Sabalenka will headline the night session on Center Court on Thursday. She does not yet know her opponent, as she awaits the winner of the match between Cristina Bucsa and Yue Yuan.
Update on what they've announced so far as far as who will be in what session is concerned.
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