Marko Stakusic and Juan Carlos Aguilar are out in the first round.
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Fifth seed Nuria Parrizas Diaz of Spain saved 13 of 15 break points in a 6-2, 6-4 win over Harriet Dart of Great Britain on Tuesday in the Round of 16 of the National Bank Championships tournament in Granby.
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Parrizas Diaz also converted 5 of 11 break points to cruise to victory. She peaked late in the first set, winning four straight games after Dart had tied things 2-2. Neither player tallied an ace in the match.
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The other match of the day, Daria Kasatkina vs. Magdalena Frech, was suspended due to rain in the second set, with Kasatkina leading 6-3, 5-0.
In women’s doubles play, Canadians Cadence Brace and Marina Stakusic fell to Nadiia Kichenok of Ukraine and Tereza Mihalikova of Slovakia 6-2, 7-6(1).
On the men’s side, Marko Stakusic of Mississauga went down 6-4, 6-4 to China’s Juncheng Shang, while London-born Montrealer Juan Carlos Aguilar fell 6-2, 6-3 to Nicolas Mejia of Colombia.