Montreal's National Bank Open main draw is underway: 16 qualifiers landed on August 1 — including Popyrin and Tsitsipas — while Canadian wildcard Duncan Chan produced the day's shock. Zverev and Auger-Aliassime lead the seeding map.
Qualifying fallout
One-match qualifying in a 96-player field created chaos and fresh long-tail names.
Favourite paths
Zverev and FAA hold byes into tricky early zones. Keep daily wraps in tennis through the second week.
96-player risk map
Byes do not equal easy paths. Keep daily R128/R64 wraps, qualifier stories and an FAA home line through the second week under tennis.
FAQ
Main draw start?
August 2, 2026.
Top seeds?
Zverev and Auger-Aliassime.
Hard-court week one starts now — publish the cadence.
