Tennis Canada – TORONTO 

• 8 of the Top 10 players in the world are in action, including Wimbledon champion Garbiñe Muguruza, former world No. 1 Angelique Kerber, and seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams  
• Defending champion and world No. 2 Simona Halep hits the court in Canada for the first time this year, taking on Wimbledon semifinalist Magdalena Rybarikova. Halep also made the final two years ago in Toronto.
• Karolina Pliskova makes her debut appearance as the new world No. 1. She’ll face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
• Aviva Women in Business Night will bring together several leading women from the sports and business worlds and feature special appearances from former world No. 1 and two-time US Open champion Tracy Austin and Canadian Olympian Georgia Simmerling.
• Popular Canadian group The New Electric performs on the grounds at the start of the night session.
• Canadian NextGen teens Bianca Andreescu and Carson Branstine, this year’s Junior Australian Open and Junior French Open champions, play their first doubles match versus Kristina Mladenovic and Pavlyuchenkova.

Singles Draw
Doubles Draw
Wednesday’s Order of Play

MONTREAL 

• 7 of the Top 8 seeds are in action
• 19-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer, who celebrated his 36^th birthday on Tuesday, takes to the court for the first time since winning Wimbledon, as he will face Canadian Peter Polansky, who is in the second round of Rogers Cup for the third time in his career.
• Rafael Nadal will begin his quest for world No. 1 by facing Borna Coric. The Spaniard needs to reach the semifinals in order to reclaim the top spot in the ATP World Tour rankings.
• After reaching the final in Montreal in 2013, Milos Raonic will play his first match against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino.   
• Canadian NextGen star Denis Shapovalov, who saved four match points in the first round, will play against Juan Martin del Potro, silver medallist at the Rio Olympics, in the second round.  
• Kei Nishikori, Gaël Monfils, Grigor Dimitrov, the two Zverev brothers, Richard Gasquet, Sam Querrey, David Goffin and Hyeon Chung will all be in action on the National Bank Court.

Singles Main Draw
Doubles Main Draw
Wednesday’s Order of Play

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About Rogers Cup presented by National Bank
Rogers Cup presented by National Bank is a Tennis Canada owned and operated world-class tournament celebrating its 125th anniversary of the women’s event from August 5-13, 2017 at Aviva Centre in Toronto and its 137th anniversary of the men’s event from August 4-13, 2017 at Uniprix Stadium in Montreal. As a WTA Premier 5 tournament, ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament, and US Open Series event, Rogers Cup presented by National Bank will showcase the world’s best players. Rogers Cup presented by National Bank is the third-oldest title in tennis, behind only Wimbledon and the US Open. For more information and tickets visit www.rogerscup.com.

About Tennis Canada
Founded in 1890, Tennis Canada is a non-profit, national sport association with a mission to lead the growth of tennis in Canada and a vision to become a world-leading tennis nation. We value teamwork, passion, integrity, innovation and excellence. Tennis Canada owns and operates the premier Rogers Cup presented by National Bank WTA and ATP World Tour events, 10 professional ITF-sanctioned events and financially supports 12 other professional tournaments in Canada. Tennis Canada operates national junior training centres/programs in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Calgary. Tennis Canada is a proud member of the International Tennis Federation, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and the International Wheelchair Tennis Association, and serves to administer, sponsor and select the teams for Davis Cup, Fed Cup, the Olympic and Paralympic Games and all wheelchair, junior and senior national teams. Tennis Canada invests its surplus into tennis development. For more information on Tennis Canada, please visit our website at www.tenniscanada.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

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Montreal: 
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