Norrie notches another win in Montreal as Fonseca marks return in style

British No 2 Cameron Norrie claimed a comfortable victory at the National Bank Open in Montreal to set up a third-round meeting with Katie Boulter's new husband Alex De Minaur. <p>Norrie, who snapped a six-match losing streak en route to the semi-finals in Los Cabos last week, followed up his opening win in Canada over Camilo Ugo Carabelli with more success against Peruvian Ignacio Buse.</p><p>Norrie, ranked four places below the Peruvian world No 33, secured a confident 6-3 6-3 win in one hour and 29 minutes.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/tennis/scores-schedule"><strong>Latest tennis scores and results</strong></a> 🎾</li><li><a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/ContentPromo" target="_blank"><strong>Download Sky Sports app for analysis, news and video</strong></a> 📺</li><li><strong>Not got Sky? <a href="https://www.sky.com/tv/sports?dcmp=Ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank">Get Sky Sports</a> or <a href="https://www.nowtv.com/watch-sky-sports-online?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank">stream with no contract</a> </strong>📱</li></ul><p>The 30-year-old saved three out of the four break points he faced and converted four out of 11.</p><p>Speaking on <em>Sky Sports Tennis</em>, analyst Annabel Croft said: "Norrie was too experienced, too much game for his opponent. He applied the pressure when he needed to and defended extremely well with depth. We also saw him coming forward a lot, asking a lot of questions.</p><p>"His serve went a little off in the second set but he got it back on track."</p><h3>Buse vs Norrie: Tale of the Tape</h3><widget id="1"></widget><h3>Fonseca makes winning return; Zverev stunned</h3> <widget id="2"></widget><p>Competing in his first tour-level match since Wimbledon, Fonseca overcame former finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (7-3) 7-5.</p><p>"I think Joao from last year would've lost his mind," Fonseca said in his on-court interview.</p><p>"I'm a more mature Joao [now]. It's been a couple weeks without playing, so I knew, serving for the match, I would be a little bit more tense.</p><p>"I felt good, played some good returns, and then put the pressure on him. I think I needed that break at 5-5."</p><p>The Brazilian wonderkid added: "This year, playing with the big [guys]. I've played with Sinner, Alcaraz, Zverev, Shelton and Djokovic, so I've had a lot of experience.</p><p>"This has helped me a lot figuring out how much my mental strength is one of my biggest weapons. That I can be as confident as this.</p><p>"These experiences that I've had in these two years [has been] really important for my development."</p><p>Just hours after No 2 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime withdrew, the No 1 seed and Wimbledon finalist <strong>Alexander Zverev</strong> was ousted by Tallon Griekspoor 6-7 (3-7) 6-2 6-4 leaving the tournament wide open.</p> <widget id="5"></widget><p>Home favourite <strong>Ben Shelton</strong> will fancy his chances of retaining his title defence after a 6-3 7-5 win over Jenson Brooksby while<strong> Casper Ruud</strong> - sporting a new haircut - crushed Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-1 6-2.</p><p>Shelton appeared to be in comfortable position on the Montreal hard court after taking the opening set 6-3, but his world No 74 opponent came out fighting in the second.</p><p>Brooksby took a 4-1 lead, but the 2025 champion upped his level to break twice and win the set 7-5, thus avoiding a decider.</p><p>He will next face 31st seed <strong>Zizou Bergs</strong> of Belgium in the round of 32.</p><p><strong>Thiago Agustin Tirante </strong>recorded a shock 7-5 6-3 victory against Taylor Fritz, who struggled physically having lifted his biggest title in nearly four years at the ATP 500 event in Washington on Monday.</p><h3>Gauff, Rybakina make winning starts</h3> <widget id="7"></widget><p>In Toronto, <strong>Coco Gauff </strong>won her first match since Wimbledon by defeating Kayla Day 6-2 7-5.</p><p>"I saw the new Spider-Man film. I was going do a joke and say a big spoiler but I'm not going do that," the American joked after her win.</p> <widget id="3"></widget><p><strong>Elena Rybakina</strong> kicked off her campaign by defeating Daria Kasatkina 6-3 5-7 6-4 to advance to the third round despite a chaotic serving display.</p><p>The Australian Open champion opened the match by hammering down six consecutive winners, eventually finding 58 in total - including 15 aces. However, she matched that with a tally of 58 unforced errors, of which 16 were double faults.</p><p>The second seeded will next play <strong>Ann Li</strong>, who defeated Canada's Kayla Cross 7-6 (7-2) 6-3.</p><p><strong>Watch the ATP and WTA Tours and US Open from August 30, live on Sky Sports or <a href="https://www.nowtv.com/watch-sky-sports-online?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink">stream with NOW</a> and the <a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11677/12572660/download-the-sky-sports-app-premier-league-goals-f1-race-control-and-more-at-your-fingertips">Sky Sports app</a>, giving Sky Sports customers access to over 50 per cent more live sport this year at no extra cost. <a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13131189/sky-sports-plus-launches-in-august-to-give-more-choice-to-fans-via-live-streams-app-and-new-channel">Find out more here.</a></strong></p>

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