Cameron Norrie eased past Ignacio Buse 6-3 6-3 to reach the last 32 of the Canadian Open in Montreal, closing out a tidy day's work in one hour and 29 minutes on Court 9.

The 30-year-old Briton, ranked world No. 39, broke Buse at the first opportunity and served out to take the opening set. The second set was less straightforward. Buse, a 22-year-old Peruvian seeded 29th in Montreal — seeding is the system that protects top-ranked players from meeting each other early in a tournament — broke Norrie to level at 2-2 and briefly looked like making a contest of it.

Norrie had other ideas. He broke straight back, then saved three break points — chances for Buse to take the server's game — in his next service game to hold firm. Buse called a medical timeout during the match, but could not find a way back. Norrie closed out victory on his second match point. (BBC Sport)

This was Norrie's second win of the week in Montreal, having already beaten Camilo Ugo Carabelli in his opening match. It also extends a turnaround that began the previous week in Mexico, where a run to the Los Cabos Open semi-finals ended a six-match losing streak — a rough patch that had dragged the former world No. 8 down the rankings. (BBC Sport)

Norrie is one of only four British men to have reached the ATP's top 10. His career-high ranking of No. 8 came during a 2021 season in which he won the Indian Wells Masters. He arrived in Montreal with a 17-15 win-loss record for 2026, and he now leads Buse 2-0 in their head-to-head series. (ATP Tour)

Next up is a stiffer test. Norrie will face Australian Alex de Minaur, the world No. 7, in the last 32. De Minaur holds 3,560 ranking points and sits seventh in the ATP standings, behind Jannik Sinner (13,450), Carlos Alcaraz (8,160), Alexander Zverev (8,120), Felix Auger-Aliassime (4,740), Novak Djokovic (3,760) and Daniil Medvedev (3,620). (ATP Tour)

The Canadian Open — officially the National Bank Open — is an ATP Masters 1000 event, one of the tier of tournaments just below the Grand Slams in prestige and ranking points. The 2026 edition runs from 1 to 13 August in Montreal.

For Norrie, the stakes are straightforward. A deep run here would protect ranking points ahead of the US Open later this month, and a win over de Minaur would be his first over a top-10 opponent in what has been an uneven season. The form is returning. The challenge now is proving it against the best.