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Canada's Kayla Cross Upsets Britain's Katie Boulter at NBO for First WTA
The wild-card entrant saved four set points and will face Ann Li in the second round after her breakthrough win.
- On Aug. 3, 2026, Kayla Cross upset Britain's Katie Boulter 7-6 , 7-5 at the National Bank Open in Toronto, securing her first career WTA victory.
- Playing just her third tour match as a wildcard entry, Cross entered the tournament ranked 172 after sitting at 262 some 12 months ago.
- Spurred on by a home-soil tennis crowd at centre court, Cross fought off four set points in the first set before serving out the win. "Definitely in shock," Cross said.
- Cross advances to the second round to face seed Ann of the United States, while Bianca Andreescu fell 7-5, 6-4 to Czechia's Nikola Bartunkova in opening action.
- Toronto's Katherine Sebov advanced earlier in the tournament, while Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., the only seeded Canadian, plays her first match on Wednesday.
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London's Ontarian competed only a third game at the WTA, present at the tournament as a guest player.
·Montreal, Canada
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Kayla Cross takes advantage of Katie Boulter's troubles to access the second round.
·Montreal, Canada
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Canadian Kayla Cross scored her first win on the WTA circuit on Monday, after surpriseing British Katie Boulter 7-6 (3), 7-5 in the first round of the women's round of the Open National Bank.
·Montreal, Canada
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Canada's Bianca Andreescu bounced from NBO, compatriot Kayla Cross secures 1st WTA win
Canada's Kayla Cross has her first WTA victory. The London, Ont., product upset Britain's Katie Boulter 7-6 (3), 7-5 to advance to the second round of the National Bank Open in Toronto.
·Ottawa, Canada
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Canada’s Bianca Andreescu bounced from NBO after Kayla Cross secures first WTA win
Canada's Kayla Cross has her first WTA victory.
·Toronto, Canada
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