The biggest winner on the opening day of the National Bank Open was … Mother Nature. But in the end, he advanced with a 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-4 victory. Alexander Bublik, the quirky Kazakh who’s as likely to hit an underhand serve as a conventional one, defeated Dan Evans 6-4, 6-4 and will face No. French lefty Ugo Humbert, who defeated Lorenzo Sonego of Italy 6-4, 6-4, has a rematch against Stefanos Tsitsipas on Wednesday. Humbert squeaked past Tsitsipas 7-6 (4), 6-7 (6), 7-6 (3) in their first meeting last October, on an indoor hard court at the Paris Masters.

Source: thestar August 10, 2021 02:55 UTC