It’s day two of action at the National Bank Open rresented by Rogers and it’s also a very special day for Canada’s own Felix Auger-Aliassime, who celebrates his 23rd birthday at his home country event. We’ll check-in later with details from his opening-round match against Australia’s Max Purcell.
Lots of excitement continues around the grounds today including the sometimes unexpected. In the late stages of the opening set between Sebastian Korda and Tomas Martin Etcheverry, part of the North end bleachers of the Grandstand suffered a structural movement that resulted in play briefly being stopped.
Chair Umpire Fergus Murphy, who already dealt with an interesting moment last night in Milos Raonic’s huge Centre Court victory, was back in the chair again and calmly suggested fans might want to temporarily relocate themselves. Here he is enjoying a laugh with Korda while the…