Emma Raducanu was dumped out of the Nationwide Financial institution Open in Montreal as she was crushed 6-2-6-1 by American fifth seed Amanda Anisimova.
Raducanu had gained each of their earlier conferences, however not often appeared like extending that run as she held her serve simply as soon as in both set.
The Brit will now have a while off earlier than heading to play in Cincinnati the place she might be seeded and a primary spherical bye.
Anisimova got here from 40-15 down to interrupt Raducanu’s serve within the second sport of the match and, though the British No 1 broke again instantly, she was unable to trend one other break level within the contest.
Anisimova broke once more to make it 3-1 and added a 3rd break to wrap up the set.
Her dominance continued within the second set as Raducanu gained simply eight factors on her personal serve, avoiding the whitewash after shedding the primary 5 video games earlier than Anisimova served out for a spot within the fourth spherical.
Anisimova, at the moment ranked No 7 on the earth, has now gained 14 of her final 17 matches for the reason that begin of the grass courtroom season and victory was her twenty ninth in a row when she has gained the primary set.
She’s going to face tenth seed Elina Svitolina or Anna Kalinskaya within the final 16.
Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek wanted little greater than an hour to finish a 6-2 6-2 victory over Germany’s Eva Lys, however Jessica Pegula’s bid for a 3rd straight Montreal title was ended by world No 386 Anastasija Sevastova.
The Latvian, a former world No 11 who has had prolonged spells out on maternity go away and with a torn ACL, beat the third seed 3-6 6-4 6-1.
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