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Wozniak is first Canadian to advance to third round of Grand Slam since 2002 11 hours ago For the first time in almost six years, a Canadian will compete in the third round of a Grand Slam tennis event. Aleksandra Wozniak of Blainville, Que., advanced to the third round of the French Open with a 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 victory over Akqul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan on Thursday. Wozniak, ranked No. 140 in the world, will next play either No. 11 Vera Zvonareva of Russia or Stephanie Cohen-Aloro of France in the third round. No Canadian has advanced this far in singles play in a Grand Slam since Maureen Drake advanced to the third round of Wimbledon in 2002. The last Canadian to qualify for the third round of the French Open was Patricia Hy-Boulais in 1993. In the first round of men's doubles play, the second-seeded team of Toronto's Daniel Nestor and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic defeated Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Gilles Simon of France, 6-3, 6-3. Nestor and Zimonjic are looking for their second title of the year. They won the Hamburg Masters doubles title earlier this month.