Shapovalov, Raonic headline Montreal wild cards

pThe a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/montreal/421/overview'National Bank Open Presented by Rogers/a has awarded four wild cards to Canadian players seeking to make an impact in Montreal. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/denis-shapovalov/su55/overview'Denis Shapovalov/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/milos-raonic/r975/overview'Milos Raonic/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/vasek-pospisil/pd07/overview'Vasek Pospisil/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gabriel-diallo/d0f6/overview'Gabriel Diallo/a will join fellow Canadian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/felix-auger-aliassime/ag37/overview'Felix Auger-Aliassime/a, who gained direct entry through his ranking of No. 19 in the PIF ATP Rankings, in the main draw. The hard-court event will be held from 6-12 August./p

pstronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/denis-shapovalov/su55/overview'Denis Shapovalov/abr /

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Current PIF ATP Ranking: No. 139br /

Career High: No. 10 (2020) br /

Best Result at Canadian Open: SF (2017, l. to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a)/p

pspan style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"Shapovalov will hope a return to Montreal, the setting for his semi-final run in 2017, will help him in his rise back up the PIF ATP Rankings. The 25-year-old, who beat a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a en route to the last four seven years ago, missed the second half of last season through injury but has made steady progress this year. The Canadian earned a hard-court win against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Miami and recently reached the third round at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a. The former Top 10 star is still alive this week in Washington, where he is in the third round.nbsp;/span/p

pstronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/milos-raonic/r975/overview'Milos Raonic/abr /

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Current PIF ATP Ranking: No. 177br /

Career High: No. 3 (2016) br /

Best Result at Canadian Open: Final (2013, l. to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a)/p

pspan style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"The 33-year-old is a former finalist in Montreal, falling to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a in 2013. The Canadian, who has reached quarter-finals in Rotterdam and lsquo;s-Hertogenbosch this season, broke the record for the most aces in a three-set match, according to Infosys ATP Stats, earlier this year at The Queen's Club. Raonic hit 47 aces in a tight three-set victory over a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/cameron-norrie/n771/overview'Cameron Norrie/a and will hope his serve is firing at full capacity on home soil in Canada./span/p

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pstronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gabriel-diallo/d0f6/overview'Gabriel Diallo/a/strongbr /

Current PIF ATP Ranking: No. 148br /

Career High: No. 129 (2024)br /

Best result at the Canadian Open: R2 (2023, l. to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-de-minaur/dh58/overview'Alex de Minaur/a) /p

pspan style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"Diallo will be aiming to build upon his success at last yearrsquo;s edition of the Canadian Open, where he defeated World No. 21 Dan Evans 7-6 (4), 7-5. The 22-year-old will hope to extend his strong run of form this year, which has seen him climb to a career-high of No. 129 in the PIF ATP Rankings, qualify for his maiden grand slam appearance at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a and win an ATP Challenger Tour title in Chicago without dropping a set. The six-foot-eight Canadian exploits his huge frame, making his serve his greatest asset./span/p

pstronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/vasek-pospisil/pd07/overview'Vasek Pospisil/abr /

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Current PIF ATP Ranking: No. 616br /

Career High: No. 25 (2014) br /

Best result at the Canadian Open: Semi-final (2013, l. to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/milos-raonic/r975/overview'Milos Raonic/a)/p

pspan style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"Pospisil is familiar with prospering as a wild card; at 23 years old he enjoyed a stellar run as a wild card at the 2013 Canadian Open, beating a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-berdych/ba47/overview'Tomas Berdych/a en route to the semi-finals, where he lost in a third set tie-break to Raonic. Pospisil has not played a tour-level match since Toronto last year.nbsp;nbsp;/span/p

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