MONTREAL - Canadian Brayden Schnur is moving on to the second round of qualifying at the Rogers Cup men's singles tournament after a straight-sets victory over Germany's Ruben Bemelmans on Saturday.
The Toronto native dispatched Bemelmans 6-4, 6-3 in one hour, 19:49 minutes in qualifying action in Montreal.
Other Canadians didn't fare so well.
Toronto's Peter Polansky lost 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) to American Rajeev Ram, firing just three aces to Ram's 16. David Volfson fell 6-1, 6-1 to Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan, Kelsey Stevenson dropped a 6-2, 6-1 decision to Hyeon Chung and Isade Juneau lost 6-1, 7-5 to France's Nicolas Mahut.
On the women's side in Toronto, Croatia's Mirjana Lucic-Baroni topped the hometown Katherine Sebov 6-4, 6-1.
Colombia's Mariana Duque-Marino got past Montreal's Charlotte Robillard-Millette 6-4, 6-3, Australia's Jarmila Gajdosova beat Toronto's Heidi El Tabakh 6-4, 6-2 and Olga Govortsova defeated Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., 7-5, 6-0.
