MONTREAL/WASHINGTON, August 11, 2026 (by Michael Dickens)
No quarterfinal singles play took place at the National Bank Open presented by Rogers on Monday evening due to persistent rain.
Spanish teenager Rafael Jodar, seeded 20th, was due to face No. 18 seed Arthur Fils of France in the in the opening match on Center Court at IGA Stadium at 6 p.m. Eastern Time, followed by No. 19 seed Luciano Darderi of Italy against 28th-seeded American Brandon Nakashima.
However, play was cancelled for the evening at about 8:15 p.m. Eastern Time, after about a two-hour, 15-minute delay, before either match ever took court.
Eight players. Four spots in the semis. 👀
The quarterfinals are here and everything is on the line in Montréal.
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— Omnium Banque Nationale (@OBNmontreal) August 10, 2026
Because of Monday’s cancellations, all four quarterfinal matches will be part of Tuesday’s order of play starting at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time (5:30 p.m. London, 6:30 p.m. Central Europe). The opening match will be Darderi versus Nakashima followed by Jodar against Fils.
Two rising stars. One semi-final spot. 🍿
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— Omnium Banque Nationale (@OBNmontreal) August 10, 2026
The evening session, beginning not before 6 p.m. (11 p.m. London, midnight Central Europe) will include defending champion and No. 5 seed Ben Shelton of the United States versus No. 13 seed Jakub Mensik of Czechia followed by 12th-seeded American Learner Tien against No. 63 Daniel Merida of Spain.
The semifinals remain scheduled for Wednesday and the title match will be played on Thursday.
Around the IGA Stadium
Three seeded doubles teams were all scheduled to be in action as the quarterfinal round began. However, due to rain, only one seeded team took court and barely completed their match ahead of the inclement weather.
On Centre Court, No. 3 seeds Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador and Mate Pavic of Croatia defeated Canadian wild cards Duncan Chan and Alexis Galarneau, 6-2, 6-4, in 70 minutes to advance to the semifinals. Arevalo and Pavic outpointed the Canadians 55-36.
Monday’s National Bank Open results
Tuesday’s National Bank Open order of play
By the numbers
With a quarterfinal victory Tuesday afternoon, 19-year-old Rafael Jodar of Spain would become the 11th teenager to reach the men’s singles semifinals at this event in the Open Era.
“Quotable …”
“I was actually surprised. I didn’t know there was so many Brazilians and people that knew mebesides Brazilians, which is super nice. The support was amazing. The atmosphere on court on the three matches was super nice. So, I just want to thank, and hopefully be back here in two years.”
– Joao Fonseca of Brazil, following his loss to Ben Shelton Sunday evening, commenting on the crowd support he received from Brazilian fans in Montreal this week.
