National Bank Open

Montreal 2026

Ruud vs Cerundolo — a clay-court problem transplanted to hard

Preview · Montreal (ATP Masters 1000) · Round of 64 · Wednesday 5 August 2026 Casper Ruud is seeded ninth here and ranked 14th in the world, and he has been handed an opponent who has already beaten him twice. Juan Manuel Cerundolo, the younger of the two Cerundolo brothers and not Francisco,

Montreal 2026

Rinderknech vs Kecmanovic — two seasons badly in need of a week

Montreal 2026

Norrie vs Buse — a seed with almost no hard-court miles

Montreal 2026

Shelton vs Brooksby — a title defence opens against an awkward late entrant

Preview · Montreal (ATP Masters 1000) · Round of 64 · Wednesday 5 August 2026 Ben Shelton is the only man in this draw with a trophy to protect. He won this title in 2025, the breakthrough that took him into the game's upper tier, and he begins the defence as

Montreal 2026

Vacherot vs Navone — a hard-court gap that is difficult to argue away

Montreal 2026

Fonseca vs Tsitsipas — a rested seed against a qualifier who has rediscovered himself

Preview · Montreal (ATP Masters 1000) · Round of 64 · Wednesday 5 August 2026 Two years ago Stefanos Tsitsipas was a top-15 fixture and Joao Fonseca was a teenager outside the top 200. The board has flipped. Fonseca is 27 in the world and seeded 22 in Montreal; Tsitsipas is 53

Montreal 2026

Musetti vs Mejia — a returning talent against a qualifier living his best week

Montreal 2026

Borges vs Etcheverry — a seed who cannot solve the man he keeps drawing

Montreal 2026

Bergs vs Baez — a rising Belgian against a clay man on the wrong surface