Tennis

TORONTO — Leylah Fernandez spent two days dissecting one opponent's game and had to pivot quickly before hitting Centre Court on home soil on Wednesday.

TORONTO (AP) — Naomi Osaka of Japan beat another top player in her return from maternity leave, routing ninth-seeded Ons Jabeur of Tunisia 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday in the National Bank Open. Osaka, a former No.

MONTREAL — It has been a difficult National Bank Open for Canadian men as both Felix Auger-Aliassime, Vasek Pospisil and Denis Shapovalov were eliminated from the men’s singles tournament at IGA Stadium on Wednesday.

MONTREAL (AP) — Olympic doubles bronze medalists Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul won their opening singles matches Wednesday in the National Bank Open.

Rafael Nadal pulled out of the U.S. Open on Wednesday, making it the third Grand Slam tournament he's missed this season and raising more questions about his future in tennis at age 38.

Coco Gauff, Novak Djokovic and other players at the U.S. Open will be playing for a record total of $75 million in compensation at the year's last Grand Slam tennis tournament , a rise of about 15% from a year ago.

TORONTO — Bianca Andreescu had the wind — and the home-soil crowd — firmly at her back. The Canadian looking to climb a tennis mountain she's conquered before blasted a shot down the line to make an early statement at the National Bank Open.

MONTREAL (AP) — Kei Nishikori rallied to beat Alex Michelsen 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 on Tuesday in the first round of National Bank Open, earning his first victory in an ATP Masters 1000 event in three years. The 2014 U.S.

TORONTO (AP) — Bianca Andreescu's strong start turned into an early exit to her first hard-court tournament of the year, as the Canadian was beaten 0-6, 6-3, 6-4 by Lesia Tsurenko on Tuesday night at the National Bank Open.

MONTREAL — Former world No. 3 and Canadian Milos Raonic announced Tuesday night that he has decided to withdraw from the National Bank Open due to a shoulder injury.