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Italian players at Canadian Open 2026

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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.~~ 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. ~~Organisers revised the schedule for Monday, 3 August, and moved players to indoor areas while rain‑delay protocols remained in effect. In Toronto, veteran~~ Venus Williams ~~entered on a wildcard. After a rain‑delayed start, she~~ suffered her 13th straight first‑round singles defeat, losing 6‑4, 6‑1 to Uzbekistan’s Kamilla ~~Rakhimova; the~~ Rakhimova in a rain‑delayed match that lasted 1 hour 27 ~~minutes, extending a slump that began~~ minutes. Rakhimova converted four of five break‑point chances, breaking Williams twice in ~~July 2025.~~ the first set and three times in the second. Both Williams sisters ~~received~~ were granted wild‑card entries for the Cincinnati ~~Open (8–23 August), the final WTA 1000 event before the US Open. Serena Williams, 44, was slated to partner with Venus in doubles, though her~~ Open; Serena’s planned ~~Wimbledon~~ doubles comeback at Wimbledon was ~~later~~ cancelled after a knee ~~injury in her first‑round singles match.~~ 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.

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