{"id":840739,"date":"2026-08-01T16:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T16:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/840739\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T16:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T16:53:14","slug":"two-major-champions-look-to-book-main-draw-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/840739\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Major Champions Look to Book Main-Draw Spots\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before main-draw action can begin in Toronto, the last 16 spots need to be filled.<\/p>\n

Qualifying is taking place on Saturday at Sobeys Stadium in Toronto, and with just a single round in the competition, it’s win-and-you’re-in for the 32 women competing. Two former Grand Slam champions will be in action, along with a trio of Canadians.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Follow the live results here:<\/p>\n

GRANDSTAND – starts at 11:00 AM[6] Emiliana Arango (COL) vs [WC] Lois Boisson (FRA)\u00a0[2] Lanlana Tararudee (THA) vs Qinwen Zheng (CHN)\u00a0[13] Sofia Kenin (USA) vs Lucrezia Stefanini (ITA)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not before 3 pm<\/p>\n

[ALT] Harriet Dark (GBR) vs Sloane Stephens (USA)COURT 1 – starts at 11:00 AM[16] Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (AND) vs Marina Bassols Ribera (ESP)\u00a0[3] Tatjana Maria (GER) vs [WC] Isabella Marton (CAN)\u00a0[10] Polina Kudermetova (UZB) vs [WC] Avery Alexander (CAN)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not before 3 pm<\/p>\n

[1] Maya Joint (AUS) vs [WC] Ana Grubor (CAN)COURT 4 – starts at 11:00 AM[14] Leolia Jeanjean (FRA) vs Lin Zhu (CHN)\u00a0[4] A. Korneeva vs M. Stoiana (USA)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not before 3 pm<\/p>\n

[8] Anna Blinkova vs [ALT] Heather Watson (GBR)[ALT] Varvara Lepchenko (USA) vs Emerson Jones (AUS)\u00a0COURT 3 – starts at 11:00 AM[7] Oksana Selekhmeteva (ESP) vs Aoi Ito (JPN)\u00a0[9] Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) vs Himeno Sakatsume (JPN)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not before 3 pm<\/p>\n

[ALT] Hanyu Guo (CHN) vs Kayla Day (USA)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not before 5 pm<\/p>\n

[11] Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA) vs Rebecca Sramkova (SVK)\u00a0<\/p>\n

The WTA’s best return to Toronto for the National Bank Open presented by Rogers Aug 1 to 13 at Sobeys Stadium.\u00a0Get your tickets today!<\/a><\/p>\n

Feature Photo : Peter Power<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before main-draw action can begin in Toronto, the last 16 spots need to be filled. Qualifying is taking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":840740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-840739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}