Seeds Muchova and Keys beaten in first round in Montreal
The
14th
seed
was
undone
by
the
French
qualifier
despite
Dodin
sending
down
10
double
faults.
The
6-3
1-6
6-2
success
was
Dodin’s
first
over
a
top-25
player
this
season.
Former
U.S.
Open
finalists
and
16th
seed
Madison
Keys
was
also
a
first-round
casualty,
going
down
6-3
6-3
to
Canadian
Rebecca
Marino.
Toronto-born
Marino,
currently
ranked
220th
in
the
world,
won
in
one
hour
and
six
minutes,
converting
four
of
her
eight
break
points,
while
she
saved
four
from
five
too.
Home
court
upset
advantage
????????????World
No.220
@beccamarino90
upsets
No.16
seed
Madison
Keys
6-3,
6-3!#OBN21
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Omnium
Banque
Nationale
(@OBNmontreal)
August
10,
2021
However,
there
were
no
such
problems
for
Ons
Jabeur,
the
13th
seed
strolling
to
a
6-1
6-3
victory
over
Clara
Burel.
Eleventh
seed
Maria
Sakkari
also
had
a
routine
day,
her
opponent
Marie
Bouzkova
unable
to
continue
with
Sakkari
ahead
6-4
3-1.
An
Olympic
gold
medallist
in
the
doubles
at
Tokyo
2020,
Katerina
Siniakova
had
more
to
celebrate
in
the
singles
with
a
6-1
6-3
win
over
long-time
rival
Jelena
Ostapenko.
Elsewhere
in
the
draw,
Paula
Badosa,
Sorana
Cirstea,
Amanda
Anisimova,
Nadia
Podoroska
and
Fiona
Ferro
all
progressed.
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