Maya Joint and Daria Kasatkina each secured victories in Montreal, whereas Alexei Popyrin efficiently kickstarted his title defence in Toronto.
Montreal, Canada, 30 July 2025 | AAP
Teenager Maya Joint redeemed her first-round Washington Open loss to Leylah Fernandez on the Canadian Open in Montreal on Wednesday (AEST).
Fernandez, a former US Open finalist, collected the largest title of her profession on Sunday when she received the DC Open in Washington, overcoming Anna Kalinskaya 6-1 6-2 within the remaining.
However her triumph was short-lived, as Joint defeated the Quebec native 6-4 6-1. The 19-year-old bounced again from her 6-3 6-3 loss to the world No.24 final week to document her second-career WTA 1000 victory.
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Joint, ranked forty fifth on the earth and already a two-time WTA title winner this yr, now meets American twenty eighth seed McCartney Kessler. A victory for Joint would assure the primary assembly between the WTA high 50’s two youngsters, with Mirra Andreeva awaiting the winner.
Australia’s No.1 participant Daria Kasatkina is already by way of to the third spherical after she defeated Anna Blinkova 6-1 6-4. Kasatkina arrange the win with a 24-minute opening set, the place she generated 14 factors on return to Blinkova’s 5.
She subsequent faces Twenty fourth-seed Marta Kostyuk, of Ukraine, for a spot within the fourth spherical.
Popyrin efficiently launches Toronto defence
In Toronto, Alexei Popyrin efficiently started his Canadian Open title defence with a straight-sets victory over Canadian Nicolas Arseneault.
After an opening-round bye, the 18th-seeded Popyrin defeated the world No.636, 7-6(7) 6-3 of their round-of-64 conflict.
Each gamers have been practically impenetrable on serve, every pounding down 9 aces and having related first-serve percentages – 57 per cent for Popyrin, 60 per cent for Arseneault.
Break factors proved nearly as elusive because the Sasquatch, with Popyrin managing the one break of the encounter within the second set. It was one in all simply three break alternatives the Australian generated for the match.
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Nevertheless, Popyrin was much more miserly on his personal serve, warding off the one break level Arseneault might manufacture.
The Australian is hoping to safe back-to-back titles in Toronto, having received final yr’s remaining 6-2 6-4 in opposition to Andrey Rublev.
Victory in Canada can be an ideal tune-up to subsequent month’s remaining Grand Slam of the yr, the US Open in New York.
Whereas Popyrin safely superior to the third spherical in Toronto, compatriot James Duckworth was unable to cease third-seeded Italian Lorenzo Musetti.
Duckworth put up a superb struggle within the first set, earlier than Musetti cantered away with the second, clinching a 7-5 6-1 victory.
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