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A day and night stadium sked that has BOTH Serena and Venus Williams, and top Canadian Leylah Fernandez, and a battle of struggling former Grand Slam champions in Sloane Stephens and Sofia Kenin, is a pretty good day.

For the first day of the tournament.

It the reigning Wimbledon champion, and a two-time former Wimbledon champion relegated to the second court.

There was some rain, sure. But a lot happened – including Fernandez’s first career win at her home-country tournament.

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National Bank Open
Location: Toronto, Canada
Category: WTA 1000  
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Aug. 8 – 14, 2022
Prize money: $2,697,250
Draws: S56 – D28

Monday, Aug. 8, 2022
Final results

Singles, first round

[13] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) vs. [Q] Storm Sanders (AUS) 64 67 (2) 63
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def. [WC] Katherine Sebov (CAN) 36 62 75

[14] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) def Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 63 64
[15] Simona Halep (ROU) def. [LL] Donna Vekic (CRO) 60 62
[16] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def. Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) 64 62

Alizé Cornet (FRA) def Caroline Garcia (FRA) 36 63 63
Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) def. Martina Trevisan (ITA) 62 26 62
[Q] Asia Muhammad (USA) def Madison Keys (USA) 76 (5) 64 
Alison Riske-Amitraj (USA) def Petra Kvitova (CZE)  62 46 63 
Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def. [Q] Marie Bouzkova (CZE) 75 67 (3) 61
Sloane Stephens (USA) def [PR] Sofia Kenin (USA) 62 67 (5) 75
Jil Teichmann (SUI) def. [WC] Venus Williams (USA) 62 63
[WC] Serena Williams (USA) def. [LL] Nuria Parrizas Diaz (ESP) 63 64

Doubles, first round

[8] Alexa Guarachi (CHI) / Andreja Klepac (SLO) def. [WC] Rebecca Marino / Carol Zhao (CAN) 63 63

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