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NEW YORK — Canadians Eugenie Bouchard and Frank Dancevic won opening matches within seconds of each other to advances into the second round of the U. Custom USWNT Jerseys .S. Open on Monday. Montreals Bouchard managed to find a way past Czech Karolina Pliskova 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 to win in her U.S. Open main draw debut. Dancevic, a product of Niagara Falls, Ont., defeated Robin Haase of the Netherlands 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7). It was Dancevics first victory in New York in four attempts after first-round losses in 2007, 2008 and 2011. Bouchard needed two hours 16 minutes to advance, with 26 winners and 32 unforced errors in her battle on hard court. Rain ended Vasek Pospisils match against Brazilian qualifier Rogerio Dutra Silva early. Pospisil missed on winning chances in the third set but left the court leading 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (9), 0-4. The Vernon, B.C., native appeared to have picked up a leg injury during the match. The 19-year-old Bouchard, ranked 59th, lost the opening set on a break but rallied back to take the second set after 91 minutes on the court. Bouchard hung tough in the final set, closing out the tight victory with a break in the final game form a return long over the baseline. „I was expecting good things for myself. I wanted to play and compete at my best,“ said Bouchard. „I didnt play that well, but I fought my hardest. Im proud of that but I hope to improve for the next match. My serve was working the entire match, even at the end when it was tight. „I was able to hold easily and put pressure on her. I felt fine at the end but I think she was getting tired. I was running for balls and broke her for 6-5. That was the key to the match. When I had my chances I tried to impose my game.“ Dancevic, a qualifier who ranks 152nd, kept up his momentum in his four-set victory. The 28-year-old took a two-set-to-one lead and recovered in the fourth set after losing an early break against Haase. Dancevic took it into a tiebreak, where he ran off a 4-0 lead before taking the victory on the third of four match points. The Canadian jammed his toe on a shot and also scrapped his right elbow with a few dives on the hard court. „Im pretty happy with my performance today. I jammed the toe really bad in the second set and ended up cutting half of my toe nail off,“ Dancevic said. „I was struggling to move and worried about what might happen later in the match. I served better as the match went on, but we were both getting a bit tired in the fourth set and trying to win it on serve. „The tiebreaks really made the difference, I played pretty well in them and thats what gave me the victory.“ It was a late start for most of the Canadians in action, with only Torontos Sharon Fichman on court early. The No. 95 Fichman was beaten by Romanian Sorana Cirstea, who lost the Roger Cup final this month to Serena Williams Cirstea won the match 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 against Fichman. Tenth seed Milos Raonic begins play on Tuesday against Italian qualifier Thomas Fabbiano. USWNT Jerseys 2020 . — Michael Frazier II scored 21 points, Dorian Finney-Smith added 11 and No. USWNT Store. – No matter the lineup or location, the San Antonio Spurs are rolling through the NBA again this spring, just the way they have for most of the last two decades. It was another day of disappointment for Canadian luge team at the Sochi Games on Thursday. Alex Gough, Sam Edney and the doubles tandem of Justin Snith and Tristan Walker combined in the new event but missed winning a medal by one-tenth of a second. Germany took gold in two minutes, 45.649, Russia waas second in 2:46. USWNT Jerseys 2021. 649 and Latvia won bronze in 2:47.295. The Canadians, all from Calgary except for Walker, who is from nearby Cochrane, Alta., had a combined time of 2:47.395. Gough finished fourth in her womens singles event, while the doubles tandem also finished fourth. ‚ ‚ ‚