Carlos Alcaraz and the varnish Iga Swiatek They emerged victorious this Wednesday from their respective matches in Mastery 1000 of Toronto and WTA 1000 of Montreal.

In the men's tournament, in Toronto, Alcarazworld number one, after fighting in particular in the second set, beat the American Ben Shalton with scores of 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) in the second round.

The Iberian is banking on Canadian success after winning successive trophies at Queen's Club and Wimbledon. Alcaraz is now 48-4 this season as he begins preparation for his title defense in the US Open.

“He was more aggressive than me from the start. I tried to be solid and find my rhythm, but I had some problems. But I'm happy to go to the next round. Matches like this help me concentrate. I have to play better now.”

The Spaniard will face the Pole in the next round Hubert Hurkacz (N.15), who beat the Serb Miomir Kecmanovic by 5-7, 6-3, 6-0.

Swiatek also teaches

For his part, the Pole Swiatekalso world number one in the WTA, beat the Czech Karoline Pliskova by 7-6 (8/6), 6-2, while the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia Was eliminated.

The 22-year-old Pole will face the Czech in the third round Karolina Muchovafourteenth favorite, who surpassed the Romanian Sorana Cirstea in straight sets of 7-5, 6-4.

The 22-year-old Pole is fighting to remain number one on this North American tour, which includes defending her US Open title. This is his third participation in the National Bank Open and his first in Montrealwhere he reached the third round in 2019 and 2022.

Haddad Maia and Wozniacki fail

In another match, the Brazilian Haddad Maïa and Danish Caroline Wozniacki they fell in their respective second round matches. The Brazilian, eleventh seed, succumbed to the Canadian Leylah Fernández in three hard-fought sets of 7-5, 5-7, 6-3.

Fernandezwho now dominates the confrontation with Maia 2-1, will face in the next round against the winner of the match between the American Danielle Collins and the Greek Maria Sakkari.

For its part, Wozniacki surrendered to the champion of WimbledonCzech Marketa Vondrousovain straight sets of 6-2, 7-5 and in the next stage they will face the American Cori Gauffsixth seed, who beat the British Katie Boulter with a double 6-2.

Fritz advances in Toronto, Tsitsipas eliminated

In the Masters 1000 of TorontoAmerican Taylor Fritz, seeded eighth, beat the Frenchman Ugo Humbert by 7-6 (9/7), 3-6, 6-3 in two hours and 30 minutes in the second round and now awaits the Australian Alex De Minaurwhich has gone beyond the local level Gabriel Diallo by 6-4, 7-5.

The big surprise of the Toronto tournament this afternoon was the elimination of the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, fourth seed, in the hands of the French veteran Gaël Monfils.

The 36-year-old Parisian, currently ranked 276th in the world, surpassed Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-3 in just under 90 minutes.

It's the first time that My son beat a Top 10 player since March 2022, and it was against a Tsitsipas in fine form after winning the ATP title in Los Cabos, Mexico last weekend.

Another surprise of the afternoon, the Spaniards Alexander Davidovich He beat 13th-seeded German Alexander Zverev with easy scores of 6-1, 6-2. The Spaniard's rival in the next phase will be the Norwegian Casper Ruud, third favorite. The Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo He lost to the American Tommy Paul 6-7 (2/7), 7-6 (7/2), 6-3.