Sports Writing (USA), August 8.- While waiting for the main seeds to come into action to fight for the title of the Montreal tournament, Monday’s day was characterized by rain and suspensions, which prevented complete the day’s program.

The first round dispute of the Masters 1000 of Canada began with the umbrella as the protagonist and only four matches could be completed out of the eight scheduled.

Argentinian Francisco Cerúndolo was eliminated in the first round after losing in three sets against Russian Karen Kachanov (7-6, 5-7 and 6-3).

He returns to the first exchange as he did in the last Wimbledon tournament when he crossed in his first match with Rafael Nadal last June.

The match was marked by the lack of success of both tennis players, with a total of 110 unforced errors which contrasted excessively with the rare 45 winners.

The Swiss Stan Wawrinka followed the same path, unlucky in this return to the tracks after the operation he underwent last year. He lost to Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori in three sets (6-3, 3-6, 6-3).

The former world number three and champion of the three majors is trying to regain his level of competition at 37 years old. He had a great game but couldn’t beat Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori on hard court, the Finn’s specialty.

Slovak Alex Molcan has qualified for the second round, where Casper Ruud is already waiting for him. Two sets were enough to knock out the North American Mackenzie McDonald (7-6 and 6-4).

American Jenson Brooksby beat Kazakh Alexander Bublik in the fast lane in two sets (6-2 and 6-3), he only needed one hour and twenty-five minutes of play. , only 21 years old, maintains his good form after having recently reached the final of the tournament in Atlanta.

Brooksby, world number 46, will be Roberto Bautista’s rival in the second round, as long as Castellón’s beat Frenchman Marcos Giron. This match had to be suspended during the second set, with a partial victory for the Spanish tennis player (7-6 and 2-1).

Two other matches were interrupted and postponed to Tuesday. One of them was the one who faced Briton Jack Draper with Frenchman Hugo Gaston and marched for the second set, with a partial triumph for the Englishman having advanced in the first (6-2 and 2- 3).

Local tennis player Denis Shapovalov will also have to finish his duel against Alex de Minaur on Tuesday. The rain sent them back to the locker room when they played the tie-break of the second set after the Australian had won the first (5-7 and 6-6).

The Spanish-Argentinian duel between Alejandro Davidovich and Diego Schwartzman, scheduled at the last minute on Rogers’ track, has not even started.

Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, seeded fourth and seeded second, will make his debut in Montreal this Wednesday against the winner of the match between American Tommy Paul or Canadian Vasek Pospisil.

Without the Spaniard Rafa Nadal, who announced his absence due to “a few minor inconveniences”, nor the Serbian Novak Djokovic, who cannot enter Canada due to his refusal to be vaccinated, Alcaraz is the second seed. of the Canadian tournament, behind the Russian Daniil. Medvedev (#1).