Rogers Cup 2023, Montreal, Canada - WTA 1000

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DATE: August 7 - 13, 2023
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: $2,788,468
FIELD SIZE: 64
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Simona Halep

Seeds:

1. Iga Swiatek
2. Aryna Sabalenka
3. Elena Rybakina
4. Jessica Pegula
5. Caroline Garcia
6. Coco Gauff
7. Petra Kvitova
8. Maria Sakkari
9. Marketa Vondrousova
10. Daria Kasatkina
11. Beatriz Haddad Maia
12. Veronika Kudermetova
13. Belinda Bencic
14. Madison Keys
15. Karolina Muchova
16. Liudmila Samsonova

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The Tournament:

The Canadian Open, also known as the Canada Masters, and currently branded as the National Bank Open presented by Rogers for sponsorship reasons, is an annual tennis tournament held in Ontario and Quebec. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the ATP Tour, and the women's competition is a WTA 1000 tournament on the WTA Tour. The competition is played on outdoor hard courts.

It is the second oldest active tournament after Wimbledon.

Prior to 2011, they were held during separate weeks in the July–August period; now the two competitions are held during the same week in August. The events alternate from year to year between the cities of Montreal and Toronto. Since 2021 in even-numbered years the men's tournament is held in Montreal, while the women's tournament is held in Toronto, and vice versa in odd-numbered years. The Toronto tournament is held at Sobeys Stadium and the Montreal tournament is held at IGA Stadium.

About Montreal:

Montreal is the second most populous city in Canada, the eighth most populous city in North America, and the most populous city in the province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is 196 km (122 mi) east of the national capital Ottawa, and 258 km (160 mi) southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City.

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Barbora Krejcikova has withdrawn due to an ankle injury, Lucia Bronzetti will move directly into the main draw
 

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Sabalenka has the opportunity to become the new No 1 player if she wins in Montreal and if Swiatek loses before the QFs
 

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Notable 1st round matches,

Keys vs Venus Williams
Qinwen Zheng vs Kostyuk
Brady vs Ostapenko
Haddad Maia vs Badosa
 

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Projected QFs for seedings,

(1) Swiatek vs Sakkari (8)
(4) Pegula vs Gauff (6)
(3) Rybakina vs Garcia (5)
(2) Sabalenka vs Kvitova (7)
 

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More landmines on Iga's side. Most of the players who have defeated her on faster surfaces are on her side: Bea, Jess, Svito, Keys
 
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Jasmine Paolini first winner in Montreal ( where the weather is just a bit better than in Toronto today) it's a bit of an upset 76(2) 62 over Donna Vekic #22
 
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Players back on court, doing their warm up presently
Azarenka v Linette
K.Pliskova v L.Zhu
K.Day v M.Bouzkova
 

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Raining again in Montreal
Match between Azarenka v Linette on Court Central, suspended, Azarenka won the 1st set 63
S.Cristea v V.Gracheva suspended, Cirstea 1st set 64
 

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No play before 6pm local time now, dosent look good at all, night session suppose to start at 7pm
 

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Paula Badosa has withdrawn, Beatriz Haddad Maia will now play Magdalena Frech in her first round match
 

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Day match between Azarenka v Linette completed 6 hours after starting :) Azarenka d Linette 63 60
Play has recommenced on all courts
 
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