Taylor Townsend beat Marie Bouzková in straight sets in Toronto, 7-6, 7-5, coming through in a tie-break and on the decisive return games. Townsend's first serve was the cleaner weapon under pressure throughout.
Townsend broke for 5-3 in the opener, but Bouzková hit straight back and forced a tie-break, which Townsend took. In the second set Townsend broke in the very first game, Bouzková levelled at 5-5 in game 10, and Townsend broke again in game 11 before closing out the match.
Townsend won 79 total points to Bouzková's 71 and took 81% of points on her first serve. Bouzková hit five aces, but her seven double faults proved costly.