The round of 32 begins at the National Bank Open in Toronto and Montreal on Thursday.
The pre-match narrative: Five of the eight men’s matches on Thursday feature a tandem of seeded players, which should make for some compelling tennis. The respective No. 1 seeds in the men’s and women’s brackets, Alexander Zverev and Coco Gauff, will be on the hard court.
Check out our 2025 National Bank Open schedule and odds for the action on July 31.
National Bank Open schedule: Men’s bracket
Karen Khachanov (-335) vs. Emilio Nava (+255)
Projected start time: 11 a.m. ET
Tomas Martin Etcheverry (+165) vs. Francisco Cerundolo (-210)
Projected start time: 12:10 p.m. ET
Lorenzo Musetti (-195) vs. Alex Michelsen (+155)
Projected start time: 12:30 p.m. ET
Nuno Borges (+170) vs. Casper Ruud (-220)
Projected start time: 1:40 p.m. ET
Learner Tien (-127) vs. Reilly Opelka (+102)
Projected start time: 5 p.m. ET
Alexandre Muller (+325) vs. Holger Rune (-435)
Projected start time: 6:10 p.m. ET
Alexander Zverev (-400) vs. Matteo Arnaldi (+300)
Projected start time: 7 p.m. ET
Daniil Medvedev (-305) vs. Alexei Popyrin (+235)
Projected start time: 8:10 p.m. ET
Betting notes
- Rune entered the ATP top 10 in late April and hasn’t left. It was back in April that he defeated Carlos Alcaraz on clay to win an ATP 500 event in Barcelona. Hard courts have been Rune’s best surface in his career (95-57, .625) and he’s 11-7 on the surface this year. Muller is just 1-3 since the clay season ended, but he does have a notable victory on tour this year against Zverev (May 21).
- Speaking of Zverev, he’s looking to put further distance between himself and a disastrous round of 128 exit at Wimbledon. The world No. 3 is 11-4 on grass this season, which is his best mark on any surface. He has one of the most effective serves on tour, ranking fourth in service game win rate on hard courts (90.1%).
- The nightcap features Medvedev, who lost his opening match at the National Bank Open last year. He’s coming off a frustrating upset loss in the quarterfinals at the Citi Open in DC and will surely want to find his footing with the U.S. Open just a few weeks away. Medvedev is 4-1 vs. Popyrin, winning their lone match in 2025 (on clay in May).
National Bank Open schedule: Women’s bracket
Coco Gauff (-530) vs. Veronika Kudermetova (+390)
Projected start time: TBD
Elena Rybakina (-770) vs. Jaqueline Adina Cristian (+525)
Projected start time: TBD
Dayana Yastremska (+160) vs. Emma Navarro (-200)
Projected start time: TBD
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (-190) vs. Aoi Ito (+150)
Projected start time: TBD
Lin Zhu (+125) vs. Suzan Lamens (-155)
Projected start time: TBD
Marta Kostyuk (-159) vs. Daria Kasatkina (+128)
Projected start time: TBD
Victoria Mboko (-115) vs. Marie Bouzkova (-108)
Projected start time: TBD
Betting notes
- Gauff needed a third-set tiebreak to squeeze into the round of 32, and it was a much-needed win for the Atlanta native. After claiming victory at the French Open, Gauff went on to drop her opening matches at the WTA 500 event in Berlin and at Wimbledon. Her opponent, Kudermetova, is a former top-10 player who beat Gauff on hard court in 2023 (though Gauff had a hard court win vs. Kudermetova that season, too).
- The best match on the women’s side on Thursday could be between No. 8 Navarro and No. 30 Yastremska. Navarro is favoured, but Yastremska earned the victory in their lone head-to-head matchup (January 2024 at the Australian Open). Yastremska beat Gauff at Wimbledon this summer and has reached the quarters or further in three straight non-slam tournaments.
- Mboko is the only Canadian female who’ll hit the court on Thursday, and her match is a pick’em. The Toronto-raised 18-year-old earned a pair of straight-sets victories to reach this round. The WTA rookie already has five victories over top-50 players. Now she’ll face Bouzkova, who just won the WTA 250 event in Prague last week. If Mboko wins, she’ll be in line to face Gauff in the round of 16.
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