WTA Schedule/Preview Day Three 2023 Canadian Open Montreal featuring Swiatek, Sabalenka, Rybakina-Brady and Wozniacki-Vondrousova

Wednesday, 09 August 2023 at 10:44

The schedule/preview is set for Day Three of the 2023 Canadian Open (Omnique Banque Nationale) in Montreal which sees Iga Swiatek begin her campaign finally.

As well as Aryna Sabalenka with Elena Rybakina also looking to complete her tie with Jennifer Brady albeit heading into a tie-break.

As ever, we run through all the main talking points in the Day Three preview for the Canadian Open.

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Swiatek starts against a familiar foe, Rybakina looks to avert Brady scare

Iga Swiatek will face a familiar foe albeit earlier than expected in Canada. Karolina Pliskova is now unseeded and had to start in the opening round against Lin Zhu making her a danger to the top names.

She will hope to do that against the World Number One. Albeit a player who she holds a horrific record against with two (technically three including walk-overs) against.

The last tie was in Stuttgart earlier this year in a start that would've given Pliskova solace. She won the opening set after previously being crushed in the Rome final of 2021 against Swiatek.

But Swiatek swept her aside from there and her other loss came technically in Dubai with a walk-over to the semi-finals for the Pole. One of only a few players that have been in action during the post Wimbledon break, Swiatek won the Warsaw Open a few weeks ago so will be likely the most confident of the big names coming into this week.

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Rybakina-Brady tie at Canadian Open in Montreal to resume on Wednesday as rain delays wreak havoc again

Elena Rybakina could yet find that the rain delay worked in her favour. Sat 6-6 in the opening set against Jennifer Brady, she will return later on Wednesday to complete it.

A day of rain delays and withdrawals, Rybakina who is third seed this week will be second up to complete that. Other ties on the main court include Beatriz Haddad Maia facing a rejuvenated Leylah Fernandez. Petra Kvitova also faces Camila Giorgi, presumably in a slot kept for Bianca Andreescu till she lost to the latter on Day Two.

Sabalenka, Gauff/Pegula, Vondrousova-Wozniacki among pick of the rest

Similar to the ATP slate, it is a great day of action all round with Court Rogers starting with Coco Gauff after she won in Washington, she will face Katie Boulter.

Jessica Pegula then takes on Yulia Putintseva to begin her campaign before the clash of the most recent Grand Slam champion and a returning one.

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Former World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki returns after over three years away with straight sets win over Birrell at Canadian Open

Marketa Vondrousova kept to her side of the bargain yesterday with the Wimbledon winner seeing off Mayar Sherif in her first match since winning at SW19.

But faces next up a certain Caroline Wozniacki who looked like she had never been away at times against Kimberly Birrell on the opening day. A true gauge of where her game is at and whether this week at least, she will be a woman to be feared.

That is third up on Court Rogers before Danielle Collins faces Maria Sakkari in a tie likely to be dominated by a lot of celebrations and shouting with both not leaving their cards too close to their chest.

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Neither does Aryna Sabalenka and she is on the main show court before Kvitova-Giorgi facing Petra Martic. The World Number Two like Rybakina playing for the first time since Wimbledon.

Other players in action include Belinda Bencic, Liudmila Samsonova, Daria Kasatkina and Karolina Muchova in a stacked day ahead in Montreal.