Britain's Andy Murray will play Australian young person Nick Kyrgios in his first match of the hard-court season at the Rogers Cup on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old has not played since his Wimbledon title barrier finished in the quarter-finals a month ago.
Murray was given a first-round bye in Toronto while Kyrgios, 19, beat Santiago Giraldo 7-6 (7-3) 7-5.
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Roger Federer's offered for a 80th profession title started with a 6-2 6-0 win over Peter Polansky in the second round.
Just Jimmy Connors (109) and Ivan Lendl (94) have won more ATP titles than the 32-year-old Swiss, a 17-time Grand Slam champion.
On Sunday, Murray said he can prepare "100%" again after the back operation he had a year ago, which sidelined him for three months.
The British number one, a two-time Rogers Cup victor, is seeded eighth and is utilizing the competition as planning for the US Open, the last Grand Slam of the year, which begins on 25 August.
World number 70 Kyrgios, who beat the then world number one Rafael Nadal to achieve the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, secured his first triumph in an ATP World Tour Masters competition by beating Giraldo.
Somewhere else, third seed Stan Wawrinka beat French qualifier Benoit Paire 4 6-3 7-6 (7-2) and there were likewise wins for eleventh seed Ernest Gulbis and sixteenth seed Fabio Fognini.
In the ladies' occasion, held in Montreal, home most loved Eugenie Bouchard was shockingly beaten by American qualifier Shelby Rogers.
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World number 70 Nick Kyrgios won the lesser Australian Open title in 2013
The 20-year-old Canadian, who arrived at a month ago's Wimbledon last, lost 6-0 2 6-0.
She said: "I was feeling the weight on the court and I was feeling sort of match corroded."
American Venus Williams beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1 3 6-2 while Caroline Wozniacki whipped Daniela Hantuchova 6-1 6-1.
Third seed Agnieszka Radwanska, ninth seed Ana Ivanovic and fourteenth seed Carla Suarez Navarro likewise developed.
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