By Cole Gallagher / August 4, 2026
Round of 32 · Men’s Singles · National Bank Open Montreal (ATP) · Aug 5, 2026 (pending order of play) · IGA Stadium, Montreal
🎾 Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Titouan Droguet 🎾
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Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No. 2 seed and Montreal’s own, opens his National Bank Open campaign in the second round after a first-round bye. His opponent is French qualifier Titouan Droguet, who beat fellow Frenchman Luca Van Assche in a lopsided all-French first-rounder. This is a companion piece to our National Bank Open Montreal (ATP) outright preview, where Auger-Aliassime is our longshot outright pick. Here is the full best betting sites breakdown of Canada’s biggest tennis week, with every prediction we have live.
A scheduling note: this second-round match was originally on for Tuesday night at IGA Stadium, but two straight days of rain delays in Montreal backed up the men’s draw earlier in the week. The matchup itself is locked in for Droguet, with the match now expected Wednesday, August 5 — check the official National Bank Open order of play for the confirmed court time before betting.
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Total Games (Over/Under)
Set Betting
Player Analysis
Felix Auger-Aliassime
Auger-Aliassime is a career-high world No. 4 and, for the first time, a No. 2 seed at a Masters 1000 event. Playing a Masters in his hometown is a different kind of pressure and a different kind of lift, and he has gone deep in Montreal before in front of this crowd. He already has the better of this specific matchup: Auger-Aliassime beat Droguet 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-1 in the Montpellier semi-final earlier this year, a three-setter that went the distance before he closed it out comfortably.
Titouan Droguet
Droguet came through qualifying and is ranked outside the top 100, but he is playing with nothing to lose and just needed 35 minutes on Court 2 to see off Van Assche in the first round. He pushed Auger-Aliassime to a deciding set the last time they played, so he is capable of testing a top-five seed for stretches even if the ranking gap says he should not be favoured.
Key Betting Angles
The home crowd, the ranking gap and a positive recent head-to-head all point one way here. The only real question is whether Droguet can extend this the way he did in Montpellier, which matters more for live in-play and set-spread markets than for the outright winner market. With qualifiers, first-set jitters and free swinging are common — worth watching the first-set line specifically once it posts.
Our Prediction
Cole’s Pick: Felix Auger-Aliassime to win
Auger-Aliassime is the clear play on ranking, home support and a head-to-head edge from earlier this season. Droguet has shown he can make it competitive for a set, so a straight-sets sweep is not a lock, but the Canadian should have enough in reserve to close this out in Montreal.
Confidence on Auger-Aliassime to win: medium-high, pending confirmation of the Wednesday court time and a posted line.
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Cole Gallagher covers soccer betting for WorldCupBetting.ca, specialising in match predictions, odds analysis and tournament futures. Based in Toronto, he has followed the Canadian men’s national team since their 2022 qualifying campaign and brings a line-shopping, data-first approach to every pick.