Montreal: Haddad Maia defeats Frech in first round
The Brazilian will face Canadian wildcard Leylah Fernandez in the next round
Beatriz Haddad Maia | © Panoramic
Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 11 seed, reached the second round of the Canadian Open by defeating Pole lucky loser Magdalena Frech 6-4, 6-2 at Stade IGA in Montreal on Tuesday.
Haddad Maia, ranked No 12, will face fellow left-hander and wildcard Leylah Fernandez next.
The samba beat can be heard in Montreal 🔉
— wta (@WTA) August 8, 2023
2022 finalist Beatriz Haddad Maia takes down Frech to set up a clash with Fernandez in Round 2!#NBO23 pic.twitter.com/wAiWxe7CLw
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- Yulia Putintseva (LL) beat Bernarda Pera: 6-3, 6-4
- Karolina Muchova (14) beat Anastasia Potapova: 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Daria Kasatkina (10) beat Elise Mertens: 6-4, 6-2
- Caroline Wozniacki (WC) beat Kimberly Birrell (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Liudmila Samsonova (15) beat Katerina Siniakova: 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Danielle Collins (Q) beat Elina Svitolina: 6-2, 6-2
- Alycia Parks (Q) beat Lauren Davis: 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
- Katie Boulter (Q) beat Rebecca Marino (WC): 6-3, 6-1
- Sloane Stephens beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Jennifer Brady beat Jelena Ostapenko: 7-6 (7), 0-6, 7-6 (8)
- Madison Keys (13) beat Venus Williams (WC): 6-2, 7-5
- Belinda Bencic (12) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-2, 6-3
- Sorana Cirstea beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Victoria Azarenka (16) beat Magda Linette: 6-3, 6-0
- Marie Bouzkova beat Kayla Day (Q): 7-6 (1), 6-3
- Jasmine Paolini beat Donna Vekic: 7-6 (3), 6-2
- Karolina Pliskova beat Lin Zhu: 6-3, 6-7 (8), 6-2
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- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Mayar Sherif
- Petra Martic vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Anna Blinkova vs. Shuai Zhang
