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Categories: SPORTS

Italian players at Canadian Open 2026

Entities: Montreal · Mariano Navone · Matteo Berrettini · Canadian Open (Toronto) · Aleksandar Kovacevic

Overview

Heavy rain on 2 August 2026 crippled the Canadian Open, halting most first‑day matches in Montreal’s ATP Masters 1000 and spilling over into Toronto’s WTA 1000 event. Twelve of the fourteen scheduled singles contests in Montreal were suspended, including Matteo Berrettini’s opening match against Mariano Navone, which was moved to the next day on Rogers Court, and the Nuno Borges – Aleksandar Kovačević match, stopped after the first set. Forecasts warned that further rain was likely, and organisers revised the schedule for Monday, 3 August.

The Italian contingent—Berrettini, Lorenzo Sonego, Mattia Bellucci and others (with Hubert Hurkacz also mentioned)—found their first‑round schedules disrupted, many awaiting new start times.

Venus Williams suffered her 13th straight first‑round singles defeat, losing 6‑4, 6‑1 to Uzbekistan’s Kamilla Rakhimova in a rain‑delayed match that lasted 1 hour 27 minutes. Rakhimova converted four of five break‑point chances, breaking Williams twice in the first set and three times in the second.

Both Williams sisters were granted wild‑card entries for the Cincinnati Open; Serena’s planned doubles comeback at Wimbledon was cancelled after a knee injury, prompting the pair to postpone their joint return to Cincinnati.

Withdrawals by Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic left Alexander Zverev as the men’s top seed. The weather also forced postponements in Washington, delaying the men’s final between Taylor Fritz and Rafael Jodar, and pushed back the WTA Toronto final between Jessica Pegula and Alexandra Eala.

Claims

What the coverage asserts, and how well corroborated each claim is across sources.

[● 11 SOURCES] Venus Williams lost to Kamilla Rakhimova 6‑4, 6‑1 in the first round of the Canadian Open in Toronto on 2 August 2026. (loss)
[● 8 SOURCES] The loss extended Venus Williams's consecutive singles defeats to 13. (streak)
[● 8 SOURCES] Serena and Venus Williams were awarded a doubles wild‑card for the Cincinnati Open in August 2026. (wild‑card entry)
[● 8 SOURCES] Kamilla Rakhimova was ranked No. 82 in the WTA rankings at the time of the match. (player ranking)
[● 6 SOURCES] Venus Williams received a singles wild‑card for the Cincinnati Open in August 2026. (wild‑card entry)
[● 5 SOURCES] Heavy rain on Sunday cancelled 12 of 14 matches at the ATP Masters 1000 in Montreal. (Heavy rain on Sunday cancelled 12 of 14 matches at the ATP Masters 1000 in Montreal.)
[● 5 SOURCES] Serena Williams withdrew from Wimbledon doubles after a knee injury. (injury withdrawal)
[● 4 SOURCES] The first‑round match between Matteo Berrettini and Mariano Navone was postponed to Monday and moved to the Rogers Court. (The first‑round match between Matteo Berrettini and Mariano Navone was postponed to Monday and moved to the Rogers Court)
[● 4 SOURCES] Forecasts indicated continued rain for the following day in Montreal. (Forecasts indicated continued rain for the following day in Montreal)
[● 4 SOURCES] Rain also delayed matches in Washington and Toronto, pushing finals to the next day. (Rain also delayed matches in Washington and Toronto, pushing finals to the next day)
[● 4 SOURCES] Italian players including Lorenzo Sonego, Mattia Bellucci and Matteo Berrettini were affected by the postponements. (Italian players including Lorenzo Sonego, Mattia Bellucci and Matteo Berrettini were affected by the postponements)

Timeline

1 day ago

[SPORTS] 35 sources
Montreal National Bank Open disrupted by rain
Rain in Montreal halted the National Bank Open, postponing matches such as Berrettini‑Navone and delaying the WTA Toronto finals, with organizers revising the schedule for August 3.
2 days ago

[SPORTS] 24 sources
Venus Williams records 13th consecutive loss at Canadian Open amid sisters' Cincinnati wild‑card entry
Venus Williams fell 6‑4 6‑1 to Kamilla Rakhimova in Toronto, marking her 13th straight singles loss, while she and sister Serena earned doubles wild cards for the Cincinnati Open.

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