Canadian Open: Boulter knocks out home hope Marino, advances to second round

Qualifier Katie Boulter defeated Canadian wildcard Rebecca Marino 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Canadian Open at Stade IGA in Montreal on Tuesday night.

The Brit put on a dominant display, winning over 90% of her first serve points and breaking Marino’s serve four times across the one hour, five minute match.

Boulter blasts through! 💥@katiecboulter advances to the second round at the #NBO23 for the first time in her career! 💪

Presented by @nationalbank pic.twitter.com/LYOkkDE5B7

— Omnium Banque Nationale (@OBNmontreal) August 8, 2023

Boulter, ranked No 72, will play No 6 seed Coco Gauff next.

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• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Kimberly Birrell
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• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Paula Badosa
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Karolina Muchova
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Alycia Parks vs. Lauren Davis
• Danielle Collins vs. Elina Svitolina
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• Sloane Stephens beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• Jennifer Brady beat Jelena Ostapenko: 7-6 (7), 0-6, 7-6 (8)
• Madison Keys (13) beat Venus Williams (WC): 6-2, 7-5
• Belinda Bencic (12) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-2, 6-3
• Sorana Cirstea beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Victoria Azarenka (16) beat Magda Linette: 6-3, 6-0
• Marie Bouzkova beat Kayla Day (Q): 7-6 (1), 6-3
• Jasmine Paolini beat Donna Vekic: 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Karolina Pliskova beat Lin Zhu: 6-3, 6-7 (8), 6-2