National Sports

TORONTO — Bianca Andreescu willed her way to an exciting 7-6 (5), 6-4 victory over Daria Kasatkina in her opening round match at the National Bank Open on Tuesday. Andreescu, of Mississauga, Ont., won this event in 2019 before taking the U.S.

EDMONTON — Logan Stankoven knows he and the rest of Team Canada are under the microscope as the world junior hockey championship begins.

TORONTO — Naomi Osaka's recent struggles continued Tuesday with an early exit at the National Bank Open. The four-time Grand Slam champion retired from her first-round match with a back injury.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Veteran Uruguay striker Luis Suarez and his new club Nacional of Uruguay crashed out of the Copa Sudamericana on Tuesday. Atletico Goianiense of Brazil won 3-0 at home in Goiania to clinch the quarterfinals series 4-0 on aggregate.

MONTREAL — An opening double-fault. Two wayward backhands. Another mistake on match ball.

WELLAND, Ont. — Three days into competition and five teams are still looking for their first medal of any colour at the 2022 Canada Summer Games.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Jean-Philippe Parr will take a two-shot lead in Wednesday's final round of the Canadian Junior Boys' Golf Championship, but the names of those hottest on the defending champion's heels have changed.

VANCOUVER — Former world No. 5 Eugenie Bouchard has been given a wild-card berth at the Odlum Brown VanOpen tennis tournament. Bouchard will play for the first time since sustaining a right shoulder injury at a March 2021 tournament in Mexico.

TORONTO — A medical issue involving Italian star Lorenzo Insigne's family prompted Toronto FC to delay its flight out of Nashville on the weekend.

After almost 10 months in an interim role, Jack Hanratty has been appointed head coach of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team.