MONTREAL — Eugenie Bouchard’s remaining tennis event will start towards Colombia’s Emiliana Arango on the Nationwide Financial institution Open introduced by Rogers.
Bouchard, who reached No. 5 within the WTA rankings in a breakout 2014 season, introduced she is going to retire on the finish of her hometown occasion.
The 31-year-old from Westmount, Que., made it to the Wimbledon ladies’s remaining in 2014, shedding to Petra Kvitova in straight units. She grew to become the primary Canadian girl within the open period to succeed in a Grand Slam singles remaining.
Bouchard acquired a main-draw wild card to the WTA 1000 event in Montreal, which started play with qualifying Saturday.
This yr’s version includes a revamped 12-day, 96-player format. The highest 32 seeds, led by world No. 2 Coco Gauff, acquired byes to the second spherical.
A file eight Canadians are in the primary draw. That quantity might improve with 5 others taking part in in qualifying.
Rising star Victoria Mboko of Toronto takes on Australia’s Kimberly Birrell in first-round motion.
Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., who received the event in Toronto in 2019, faces a troublesome opening matchup towards Czechia’s Barbora Krejcikova, a two-time Grand Slam champion.
Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que. — the top-ranked Canadian at thirty sixth on this planet — meets American Maya Joint.
