{"id":843793,"date":"2026-08-03T05:38:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T05:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/843793\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T05:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T05:38:34","slug":"toronto-day-2-recap-served-up-by-sobeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/843793\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Day 2 Recap Served Up by Sobeys:\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The start of main-draw play on Sunday was delayed by rain, but the afternoon slate of matches saw plenty of action before the night session was washed away by the elements.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the Day 2 Recap Served Up by Sobeys:<\/p>\n<p>Match Results<\/p>\n<p>Venus Williams\u2019 singles struggles continued on Sunday, as the seven-time Grand Slam champion fell to Kamilla Rakhimova in straight sets 6-4, 6-1. The 46-year-old is now 0-10 this season in singles competition and has lost 13 straight overall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fans were amazing. They were with me right in every point \u2014 that was fantastic,\u201d Williams said. &#8220;It was really fun to be back after having not been here for a while.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Katherine Sebov had a strong showing on Sunday, leading the way for Canadians on Day 2 with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Aoi Ito. Ariana Arseneault kicked off the Canadian action in Toronto but was unable to advance, losing to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in straight sets.<\/p>\n<p>Bianca Andreescu and Cadence Brace had their matches cancelled due to the rain and will open their tournaments on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalbankopen.com\/news\/read\/2026\/nbo-toronto-results-day-2-venus-williams-andreescu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CLICK HERE<\/a> for all match results.<\/p>\n<p>Read also:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nationalbankopen.com\/news\/read\/2026\/former-grand-slam-champions-feeling-mentally-ready-in-toronto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Former Grand Slam Champions Feeling Mentally Ready in Toronto<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Around The Grounds<\/p>\n<p>407 ETR Family Weekend continued on Sunday with plenty of activities to enjoy despite the downpour.<\/p>\n<p>The morning activities were highlighted by a K-Pop show for all in the VIP lounge, bringing a vibrant, high-energy performance to brighten up the dreary weather.<\/p>\n<p>Listen: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6MMAy9ucTXu6YjXVeJRKXz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Toronto in 10: Day 2, August 2 &#8211; Victoria Mboko Honoured on Rainy Monday<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1533\/1439;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Sarah-Nurse-Victoria-Mboko-2026-Toronto-Mike-Lawrence-Wick-Photography-for-National-Bank-Open.JPG\" width=\"1533\" height=\"1439\"\/>Photo : Mike Lawrence\/Wick Photography for National Bank Open<\/p>\n<p>Olympic gold medal-winning hockey player Sarah Nurse stopped by the grounds and did an autograph session for fans, picking up the energy before the night session tried to get underway on court.<\/p>\n<p>Noelle van Lottum, the head of women&#8217;s tennis for Tennis Canada, was joined by Megan Oldham, who won gold and bronze at the 2026 Olympics in Milano Cortina, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/4kILNcT6qXoeytVSIMKEax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">at Tennis Talk on the Main Stage<\/a> for a panel discussion on what it means to represent Canada at the highest levels.<\/p>\n<p>Read also:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tenniscanada.com\/news\/pro-tennis\/2026\/shapovalov-dethroned-by-gea-in-los-cabos-final\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shapovalov Dethroned by Gea in Los Cabos Final<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The WTA&#8217;s best return to Toronto for the National Bank Open presented by Rogers Aug 1 to 13 at Sobeys Stadium.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nationalbankopen.com\/toronto\/toronto-tickets-packages\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your tickets today!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Feature Photo : Mike Lawrence\/Wick Photography for National Bank Open<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The start of main-draw play on Sunday was delayed by rain, but the afternoon slate of matches saw&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":843794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-843793","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\/843793","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=843793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}