Overview

• Eugenie Bouchard, playing on an unranked wildcard, bowed out 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 to 17th seed Belinda Bencic in the National Bank Open’s second round
• An on-court retirement ceremony followed the match, with fans chanting “Let’s Go Genie!” and delivering multiple standing ovations
• Second seed Iga Swiatek dispatched Guo Hanyu 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the tournament’s third round
• Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka and U.S. Open finalist Emma Raducanu each won their opening matches to reach the second round
• Eighteen-year-old Victoria Mboko remains the only Canadian contender left in the women’s singles draw