TORONTO — Pablo Carreno Busta, the 2022 Nationwide Financial institution Open champion, opened the event Monday by beating Canadian wild-card entry Liam Draxl 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Carreno Busta gained his first Masters 1000 title when the event was performed in Montreal three years in the past.
One other Spaniard, Jaume Munar, superior with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Dan Martin, a Canadian who got here by qualifying to safe his first ATP Tour most important draw look.
There have been no seeded gamers in motion Monday on the event through which top-ranked Jannik Sinner, No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz, No. 5 Jack Draper and No. 6 Novak Djokovic had already withdrawn.
Among the many notable outcomes, Australian qualifier Tristan Schoolkate beat rising Brazilian teenage star Joao Fonseca 7-6 (5), 6-4; and American Mackenzie McDonald topped Belgium’s David Goffin 6-4, 6-4.
