Canada is still in search of its first singles titlist during the early part of the Road to the NBO as the penultimate domestic pro tournament of the year gets underway in Montreal.
The host nation has the chance to take over the main draw at the M25 event, with seven Canadian still alive in qualifying. Five of those Canucks enter their final qualification match as the higher seed, including Joshua Peck [1] and Niels Peter Van Noord [3].
If Canadians go perfect in Tuesday’s final round of qualifying, there will be a total of 15 in the main draw.
The Arseneault brothers are part of the field as Mikael looks to build off his semifinal finish in Trois-Rivières. The 19-year-old meets seventh seed Cannon Kingsley of the United States in round one. Nicolas has a tough first-round test in front of him as well, facing off against second seed Niels Visker of the Netherlands.
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Alvin Nicholas Tudorica is the highest-ranked Canuck in the main draw. The 24-year-old, ranked No. 833 in the ATP rankings, opens against Axel Nefve of the United States.
In doubles, top seeds Oskar Brostrom Poulsen and Nikola Slavic are in search of back-to-back titles following their Trois-Rivières triumph. The Danish-Swedish team take on Canadians Miko Lapalme and Felix Roussel in round one on Tuesday. The winner will await the outcome of Benjamin Thomas George and Tudorica versus Jonathan Bedard and Mathias Roy, the only all-Canadian clash of the doubles main draw.
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