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Venus Williams vs Madison Keys was a spotlight match in the night session in Montreal, although it’s anyone’s guess how Williams, who has hardly played and had a bad knee when she did, would pull up. She efforted

Canadian Rebecca Marino is the only Canadian in action Monday, and she got the hard-hitting Katie Boulter in a match of rather similar styles, but in which Boulter was the more stylish.

The main thing was that they got most of the matches in, despite the rain.,

ATP Tour – Monday, Aug. 7, 2023 final results

(Prague is six hours ahead of EDT; Montreal is on EDT)

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Omnium Banque Nationale
Location: Montreal, Canada
Category: WTA 1000
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Aug. 7 – 13, 2023
Prize money: $2,788,46803
Draws: S56 – D32

Monday, Aug. 7, 2023
Final results

Singles, first round

[Q] Katie Boulter (GBR) def [WC] Rebecca Marino (CAN) 63 61

[12] Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 62 63
[13] Madison Keys (USA) def. [WC] Venus Williams (USA) 62 75
[16] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) def. Magda Linette (POL) 63 60

Marie Bouzkova (CZE) def [Q] Kayla Day (USA) 76 (1) 63
[PR] Jennifer Brady (USA) def Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 76 (7) 06 76 (8)
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def. Varvara Gracheva (FRA) 64 76 (3)
Jasmine Paolini (ITA) def Donna Vekic (CRO) 76 (3) 62
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) def. Zhu Lin (CHN) 63 67 (8) 62
Sloane Stephens (USA) def Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) 64 76 (2)

[10] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) vs. Elise Mertens (BEL) 44 – suspended

~~Lauren Davis (USA) vs. [Q] Alycia Parks (USA)~~ – cancelled

Doubles, first round

[5] Desirae Krawczyk (USA) / Demi Schuurs (NED) def. Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) 60 62
[7] Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (JPN) def. Lidziya Marozava (BLR) / Ingrid Gamarra Martins (BRA) 63 36 [10-4]

Marta Kostyuk (UKR) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) def. Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Xu Yifan (CHN) 63 64
Karolina Muchova / Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) def. Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 06 64 [10-4]
Miyu Kato (JPN) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) def. Caroline Garcia (FRA) / Petra Martic (CRO) 62 76 (5)