Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek was the newest prime participant to endure an upset in Montreal falling to Denmark’s Clara Tauson as Naomi Osaka confirmed flashes of her previous dominance.
Tauson gained revenge for her Wimbledon defeat by the hands of Swiatek to succeed in the final eight with a 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 victory.
Swiatek’s loss got here a day after prime seed Coco Gauff was shocked in straight units by Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko.
“It’s tough conditions here with the wind but I tried my best to keep my head cool and keep working,” Tauson mentioned in her on-court interview.
“Even though I got broken in the second set, I was feeling confident and I’m really happy about the win.”
Poland’s Swiatek received a solitary level within the first-set tiebreak – that got here from a Tauson double fault – and was then damaged early within the second set.
Swiatek broke again to make it 4-3 however failed to carry in her subsequent service sport as Tauson progressed to arrange a quarter-final in opposition to Madison Keys.
The massive-serving American saved two match factors to emerge with a hard-fought 4-6 6-3 7-5 win over Czech Karolina Muchova.
Tauson received their solely earlier assembly in Auckland in January though Keys went on to seize her first Grand Slam title on the Australian Open later that month.
Former world No 1 Osaka confirmed flashes of her previous dominance to succeed in the quarter-finals, needing simply 49 minutes to steamroll Anastasija Sevastova 6-1 6-0.
It marks the primary time the Japanese star has superior to the final eight of a WTA 1000 occasion in 19 months, which got here in Doha in 2024.
“I had a solid plan coming in here, and it happened to work out very well,” mentioned Osaka, who’s working with Swiatek’s former coach Tomasz Wiktorowski having parted methods with world-renowned Patrick Mouratoglou.
Osaka will face Elina Svitolina for a spot within the semi-finals after the Ukrainian beat Wimbledon finalist Amanda Anisimova 6-4 6-1.
Shelton and Fritz advance in Toronto
In Toronto, fourth-seeded Ben Shelton rallied within the third set to beat Thirteenth-seeded Flavio Cobolli 6-4 4-6 7-6 (7-1).
“Really difficult match. I was down and out, being a break down in the third, the way that he was playing,” Shelton mentioned.
“I gave myself a second chance and I did a good job with it, kind of running from there. A really difficult opponent for me, someone who’s gotten me in three sets after I’ve won the first set twice.”
He’ll face ninth-seeded Alex de Minaur, a 6-2 4-6 6-4 winner over Frances Tiafoe.
Andrey Rublev superior to the quarter-finals for the primary time after Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina was compelled to retire from the match with an damage whereas trailing 7-6 (7-3) 6-7 (2-7) 3-0.
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Second-seeded Taylor Fritz got here by a late-night thriller in opposition to Nineteenth-seeded Czech Jiri Lehecka 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-5) and has now reached the ultimate eight at each Masters 1000 occasion.
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