Elise Mertens vs Anna Bondar — R64 — Canadian Open

For Elise Mertens, the break-point conversion arrived a set late. She won 89% of first-serve points in an opening set she dropped anyway — 0-for-5 on break points — and held a 79% to 54% first-serve edge on Anna Bondar across the match, with eight aces to two. In set two, it arrived. Mertens cashed 3 of 4 break chances there, the first of them in game 2 for 2-0. The decider then traded breaks to 4-4 before the No. 20 seed closed it with a break in game 10, 2 hours and 33 minutes in. Bondar matched the winner point for point, 96 apiece, and still exits; Mertens moves on at the Canadian Open in her first match since a Wimbledon quarterfinal.