Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep returned defeated after a three-month hiatus at the $ 2.8 million (860 million forints) hard tennis women's tennis tournament in Montreal.
The two-time winning Romanian player in Canada was bid farewell to the 2-hour 55-minute match by American Danielle Collins, the winner of the San José tournament - and a semi-final in Budapest in July.
Halep, 29, has been on forced rest due to a thigh injury since mid-May and has since missed Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the Tokyo Olympics.
The third prominent Ukrainian, Jelina Szvitolina, was also eliminated, who was beaten by the Hungarian-born Johanna Konta of British descent.
Results, Round 2 (to get to the 16th):
Account (British) -Svitolina (Ukrainian, 3rd) 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
Collins (American) -Halep (Romanian, 6) 2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
Pegula (American) -Pavlyuchenko (Russian, 10) 1: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
Jabin (Tunisian, 13th) - Kasatkina (Russian) 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
Gauff (American, 15th) - Potapova (Russian) gave up Potapova at 5: 0
Giorgi (Italian) -Podoroska (Argentine) 6: 2, 6: 4
previously reported results:
Sabalenka (Belarusian, 1st) - Stephens (American) 7: 6 (7-4), 4: 6, 6: 4
K. Pliskova (Czech, 4th) - Vekic (Croatian) 4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6 (7-2)
Sakari (Greek, 11th) - Kugyermetova (Russian) 6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 4
Anisimova (American) -Dodin (French) 6: 3, 6: 3
Marino (Canadian) -Badosa (Spanish) 1: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4
Sorribes Tormo (Spanish) -Samsonova (Russian) 6: 4, 6: 3
(Source: Source: sportrajongo.hu, mti / Photo: pixabay, mti)