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Sign upJoao Fonseca vs Ben Shelton — R16 — Canadian Open
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Canadian OpenRound of 16
·Masters·HardCompleted
Aug 9, 2026·10:10 PM·1h 49m·Montreal / Toronto
Ben Shelton defeated Joao Fonseca 6-3, 7(7)-6(3) — Canadian Open 2026 R16.
Joao Fonseca and Ben Shelton: Ben Shelton leads 2–0 across 2 recorded meetings.
The first serve settled it. Shelton won 78 percent of his first-serve points to Fonseca's 57 and out-hit him 26 winners to 15, wiping out an early second-set deficit with a break in game 5 for 2-3 before the tiebreak. The defending champion took one hour, 47 minutes and still hasn't dropped a set this week; Fonseca saved a match point and remains 0-2 in meetings on record.