Canadian Open: Bouzkova sets date with Garcia in second round

Marie Bouzkova reached the second round of the Canadian Open by defeating American qualifier Kayla Day 7-6 (1), 6-3 at Stade IGA in Montreal on Monday.

Bouzkova, ranked No 39, will play No 5 seed Caroline Garcia next. The Czech holds a remarkable head-to-head against Garcia, having beaten her three times without ever losing. Most recently, Bouzkova has knocked Garcia out of the past two Wimbledons.

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Tennis Majors

Montreal WTA 1000, round of 64 matches (Stade IGA, hard, USD 2,788,468):

• Jasmine Paolini beat Donna Vekic: 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Alycia Parks vs. Lauren Davis
• Katie Boulter vs. Rebecca Marino
• Petra Martic vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Camila Giorgi vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Anna Blinkova vs. Shuai Zhang
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Mayar Sherif
• Bernarda Pera vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Danielle Collins vs. Elina Svitolina
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Peyton Stearns
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Paula Badosa
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Karolina Muchova
• Elise Mertens vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Venus Williams vs. Madison Keys
• Sloane Stephens vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Belinda Bencic
• Jennifer Brady vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Magda Linette
• Lin Zhu vs. Karolina Pliskova