Ten years ago, a 15-year-old Sesil Karatantcheva upset the No.3 seed en route to the quarterfinals of the Coupe Banque Nationale. History repeated itself on Wednesday.

With some ferocious backhands and impressive court coverage, Karatantcheva went toe to toe with the No.3-seeded Mladenovic over two hours and 33 minutes, rallying from 7-5, 3-1 down - and fighting off five points for a 7-5, 4-1 deficit - and eventually getting past the Frenchwoman, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5.

"I know Kristina very well. She*s a very good player and I have a lot of respect for her, which is tough, because when you respect a player so much it*s tough to play your best," Karatantcheva said. "She has a big serve and big strokes and moves very well, and she*s a very good doubles player as well, so my goal was pretty much just to not be scared, try to be stable, and try to serve well out there.

"I was a little nervous at the beginning because a lot of people came to watch and I didn*t want to disappoint them, but I ended up really enjoying the atmosphere and playing very free out there."

But back to 2014, the other seeds in action on Wednesday both moved through, though in very, very different fashion. No.4 seed Shelby Rogers needed two hours and 54 minutes to make it past American qualifier Asia Muhammad in three tie-break sets, 6-7(5), 7-6(2), 7-6(5), while No.5 seed Julia Goerges never faced a break point en route to a 61-minute, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Melanie Oudin at night.
The other two matches of the day saw Tatjana Maria turn it around against Madison Brengle, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, and Andrea Hlavackova beat Paula Kania in the last first round match of the week, 6-3, 6-0.
The second round wraps up on Thursday, with No.1 seed Venus Williams in action. What did Williams do on her day off from matches? Met the mayor of Québec City and did a little curling, of course...