2026 WTA 1000 Canada

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

Draw

Three top 20 miss the tournament: Muchova (surgery), defending champion Mboko (left knee injury), and Paolini (foot injury).
the first of 1.5 weeks WTA 1000 96 draw

1R done with Canadian WC and slam champ Andreescu out.
Nothing of note for R2 matches.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Venus already being out is crazy lol

 

[D-Lite]

R2 Bencic v Stephens for only the 3rd time in their careers which is crazy given they've both been on tour for well over a decade. Stephens leads the H2H 2-0 with their first match being 11 years ago.

 

[helterskelter]

I see that Cirstea reached a career-high rank (#17) after Wimbledon, and is still at it. Quite impressive, considering she is 36 (and about four months). She also had an early breakthrough, so she's been around a long time, admittedly with a lot of fluctuations in form over the years.

 

[JEDI MASTER]

Fresh off the DC win.. Eala for a deep run..

 

[Moose Malloy]

Fresh off the DC win.. Eala for a deep run..

https://twitter.com/x/status/2084675450937479618

 

[tennis24x7]

Fresh off the DC win.. Eala for a deep run..

First round loss?

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

First round loss?

Well she has bye and looking good at handling Parks at the moment

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

Seeds lost 2R recap:
(6) Noskova to McNally
(14) Cirstea to Joint
(18) Chwalińska to Gibson
(21) Bouzkova to Townsend
(22) Krejčiková to Samsonova
(23) Navarro to Korneeva !!
(26) Ostapenko to Zhang retired without winning a game!!
(27) Tauson to Bartunkova
(31) Vekic to Golubic
(32) Siniakova to Rakhimova

 

[Enceladus]

Venus already being out is crazy lol

The crazy thing is that Venus still playing. She is destroying her legacy.

 

[marc45]

The crazy thing is that Venus still playing. She is destroying her legacy.

her legacy is still strong...all this stuff now is at the end of the article on the history of her career...but I admit I don't get it, what does she possibly get out of losing to nobodies in the first round at her age?....can't be any joy, so I guess just keeping some form to be ready to play with Serena...have to think of next year already with both of them...a pretty full schedule at least at slams?...or a joint retirement at the end of this year?

 

[MichaelNadal]

The crazy thing is that Venus still playing. She is destroying her legacy.

I wouldn't say destroying her legacy but she is certainly making people forget how good she was. Even I watched highlights of an old Venus match earlier and was like

 

[HarveyPitnik]

Seeds lost 2R recap:
(6) Noskova to McNally
(14) Cirstea to Joint
(18) Chwalińska to Gibson
(21) Bouzkova to Townsend
(22) Krejčiková to Samsonova
(23) Navarro to Korneeva !!
(26) Ostapenko to Zhang retired without winning a game!!
(27) Tauson to Bartunkova
(31) Vekic to Golubic
(32) Siniakova to Rakhimova

I was practically only surprised that Cirstea lost. Ostapenko at times is like that...

I hope Caty knocks out another recent champion as well. I understand the exclamation marks considering Korneeva - she has been giving more and more "signs of a storm" and people that think Jovic is going to win her just like that might be facing quite a shock!
I used to underrate Rakhimova - not anymore.

Well she has bye and looking good at handling Parks at the moment

Parks is a master at handling herself!

 

[Aussie Darcy]

I said that Maya Joint beating a GOAT like Serena at Wimbledon would be good to give her the pep in her step that she needed to get her year back on track and she knocks out Cirstea. This comes after some wins last month including Samsonova. For someone who was on like a 11 match losing streak, she’s restarted her year since that Serena win.

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

I was practically only surprised that Cirstea lost. Ostapenko at times is like that...

Yes I delete my sentence before that the biggest shock was Cirstea.
Ostapenko can't handle the heat she wasn't even arguing about foot faults.

 

[Bill Lobsalot]

Many of the singles ladies are playing doubles. Many of them are awful, Sakkari and Vekic I'm looking at you. Do their coaches even know how to teach them?

 

[tennis24x7]

What happened to Potato?

 

[HarveyPitnik]

I understand the exclamation marks considering Korneeva - she has been giving more and more "signs of a storm" and people that think Jovic is going to win her just like that might be facing quite a shock!

!

What happened to Potato?

Very difficult opponent for her. Svitty can effectively make the bashers' blades obtuse and besides she clearly gets especially motivated against Russian and former Russian players. "Potato" was also making far too many UEs to succeed against player like Svitty.

 

[Shield]

Could someone tell me who potato is I’m guessing Ostapenko?

 

[HarveyPitnik]

@Shield It's only derived from name, not appearance, character, playing style or anything like that. It's Anastasia POTApova.

 

[norcal]

Watching Pegula/Kessler v Errani/Martinez.

All 4 are good dubs players and it's very entertaining. Currently in a match TB, incredible points!

And...Kessler's legs are unbeeleebabole.

 

[Shield]

@Shield It's only derived from name, not appearance, character, playing style or anything like that. It's Anastasia POTApova.

Ahh thanks for the reply. Had no idea who people were talking about lol.

 

[Devil_dog]

Gosh, it doesn’t appear the Python stick is helping Sakkari at all.

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

Wow was just looking at highlight, Fernandez played fantastic.

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

Korneeva english' accent sounds Spanish and indeed she is another Rafa Academy product.

Last teenager standing here in Toronto!

 

[Devil_dog]

Kudos to McNally. It’s like she’s playing in Eala’s home court.

 

[Devil_dog]

McNally putting up a fight

 

[Devil_dog]

McNally takes the 2nd set. Now for a 3rd set showdown.

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

3R recap Top 16 seeds that lost
(13) Jovic to Korneeva !!
(5) Andreeva to Fernandez !!

Top half all top 16 seeds make it. Ladies are showing consistency.