Auger-Aliassime to face qualifier, Raonic draws Tiafoe in 1st round of National Bank Open

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime will play a qualifier in his opening match at the National Bank Open in Toronto.

The 56-man singles draw for the ATP Tour event was completed today at a downtown Toronto hotel.

Montreal's Gabriel Diallo will open against Britain's Daniel Evans and Vasek Pospisil of Vernon, B.C., will meet a qualifier.

Alexis Galarneau of Laval, Que., will take on Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina and Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., will play American Frances Tiafoe.

Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz is the No. 1 seed at the $7.62-million US tournament.

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Canadians Bianca Andreescu, Leylah Fernandez and Rebecca Marino will open play at this year's National Bank Open in Montreal against qualifiers.

Andreescu, of Mississauga, Ont., is Canada's top-ranked player in the tournament as the world No. 44.

She won the tournament back in 2019 in Toronto.

Top seed Iga Swiatek of Poland gets a bye to the second round.

The National Bank Open women's tournament will take place at Montreal's IGA Stadium starting with Saturday's qualifying round.

The main draw will begin on Monday.