Women’s third-round play at the National Bank Open has been suspended again due to bad weather
Play had briefly resumed after a three-hour rain delay before players were again forced off the courts.
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek was tied at one set apiece with No. 14 seed Karolina Muchova when play was suspended.
No. 10 Daria Kasatkina was leading Marie Bouzkova 2-1 in the second set after taking the first.
The goal is to resume matches at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
The tournament announced two singles matches will not be played as scheduled on Thursday just after 7 p.m. ET — Liudmila Samsonova versus Aryna Sabalenka and Petra Kvitvkova versus Belinda Bencic.
Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., who won an epic match over No. 11 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia on Wednesday, was scheduled to face American Danielle Collins at IGA Stadium’s Centre Court on Thursday night.
Fernandez is the lone Canadian remaining in the women’s tournament.
Earlier Thursday, Jessica Pegula of the United States advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Italy’s Jasmine Paolini.
Pegula, the fourth seed in Montreal, had six aces to one double-fault and broke Paolini five times on 11 chances to cruise to victory in just one hour nine minutes.
The American is looking for her first NBO Open title after reaching the semifinals at the last two tournaments.
Pegula will next face the winner of a match between sixth seed Coco Gauff of the United States and ninth seed Marketa Vondrousova of Czechia.
Paolini had advanced to the third round in a walkover after her second-round opponent, 13th seed Madison Keys, withdrew due to a hip injury.
Here is the revised schedule.
Court Central
Not before 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT: [1] I. Swiatek (POL) vs [14] K. Muchova (CZE)
[WC] L. Fernandez (CAN) vs [Q] D. Collins (USA)
Court Rogers
Not before 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT: M. Bouzkova (CZE) vs [10] D. Kasatkina
S. Stephens (USA) vs [3] E. Rybakina (KAZ)
Court 9
Not before 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT: [6] L. Kichenok (UKR) / J. Ostapenko (LAT) vs [ALT] M. Linette (POL) / B. Pera (USA)
[9] M. Vondrousova (CZE) vs [6] C. Gauff (USA)
