Wimbledon champion Rybakina advances to Toronto second round
Elena Rybakina beats Marie Bouzkova 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-1 on Monday afternoon in Toronto. Rybakina awaits either Coco Gauff or Madison Brengle.
Elena Rybakina, Australian Open 2020
Kazakh Elena Rybakina defeated Czech qualifier Marie Bouzkova 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-1 to reach the second round of the National Bank Open at the Aviva Centre in Toronto on Monday afternoon.
Rybakina, ranked No 27, will now play the winner of a first-round match between No 10 seed Coco Gauff and qualifier Madison Brengle.
Other WTA Toronto first-round matches and results:
- Jil Teichmann vs. Venus Williams
- Shuai Zhang vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Madison Brengle vs. Coco Gauff
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Claire Liu
- Camila Giorgi vs. Emma Raducanu
- Anna Bondar vs. Elise Mertens
- Rebecca Marino vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Amanda Anisimova vs. Carol Zhao
- Kaia Kanepi vs. Naomi Osaka
- Belinda Bencic vs. Tereza Martincova
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Storm Sanders vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Katherine Sebov vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Petra Kvitova vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj
- Asia Muhammad vs. Madison Keys
- Alize Cornet vs. Caroline Garcia
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Karolina Pliskova
- Sloane Stephens vs. Sofia Kenin
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Anhelina Kalinina: monday
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Serena Williams: monday
- Simona Halep (15) beat Donna Vekic (LL): 6-0, 6-2
- Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 2-6, 6-2