Swiatek cruises into 3rd round, Fernandez sisters bounced in doubles at National Bank Open

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Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek of Poland cruised into the National Bank Open's third round with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Guo Hanyu of China on Wednesday.
The second-seeded Swiatek hit four aces and converted six break points on eight opportunities, winning the match in 72 minutes.
A day after blaming unfavourable scheduling for her first-round exit in women's singles, Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., and sister Bianca Jolie lost 6-4, 6-2 to top-seeded Italian duo Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini in doubles.
Fernandez, who won the D.C. Open on Sunday, anticipated an evening match Tuesday to give her more time to recover. The Canadian lost in straight sets in the afternoon, however, to Australia's Maya Joint.
Kayla Cross of London, Ont. and Toronto's Victoria Mboko fell 6-3, 7-6 (0) to Jiang Xinhu of China and Chan Hao-Ching of Taiwan.
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Second-seeded Ottawa's Gabriel Dabrowski and teammate Erin Routliffe of New Zealand were scheduled to take on Americans Sofia Kenin and Caroline Dolehide.
Bouchard, who announced the hometown tournament would be her last, defeated Colombia's Emilia Arango in the first round.
This year's National Bank Open — a WTA 1000-level tournament — debuted a revamped 12-day, 96-player format, with the top 32 seeds receiving byes to the second round.
Diallo sweeps way into 3rd round in Toronto
Canada's Gabriel Diallo advanced to the third round of the National Bank Open on Wednesday with a 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory over Italy's Matteo Gigante.
The No. 27 seed from Montreal needed one hour 46 minutes to complete the rain-interrupted victory on Centre Court at Sobeys Stadium. Gigante double-faulted on match point.
Canadian wild-card entry Alexis Galarneau was eliminated after dropping a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 decision to 13th-seeded Flavio Cobolli of Italy.
The afternoon session was delayed for about half an hour due to showers in the northwest Toronto area.
In other second-round matches, fourth-seeded American Ben Shelton beat French qualifier Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 6-3 and sixth-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev defeated Hugo Gaston of France 6-2, 6-3.
Italy's Lorenzo Sonego, the No. 28 seed, topped China's Yunchaokete Bu 6-1, 6-4 and Australia's Aleksandar Vukic upset 31st-seeded Cameron Norrie of Britain 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3.
Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime, the 21st seed and only other Canadian singles players left in the draw, was scheduled to face Hungary's Fabian Marozsan in the evening.
Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., who dropped his opening singles match to American Learner Tien on Tuesday, withdrew from the men's doubles competition Wednesday due to a left knee injury.
He was scheduled to team with Auger-Aliassime for a match Thursday against the American duo of Robert Galloway and Brandon Nakashima. A replacement pairing will be named a few hours before the match, organizers said.
The ATP Tour's Masters 1000 competition continues through Aug. 7.