Japan’s Naomi Osaka roared into her first quarterfinal in 19 months with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova in Nationwide Financial institution Open play on Sunday afternoon in Montreal.
The unseeded Osaka, who knocked off 14th-seeded Liudmila Samsonova of Russia and No. 22 Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia simply to succeed in the fourth spherical, wanted simply 49 minutes to shine off the unseeded Sevastova. Osaka’s quickest victory of her profession got here in 2016 in Brazil, the place she dispatched Ana Sofia Sanchez 6-1, 6-1 in 42 minutes.
“I had a strong plan coming in right here,” Osaka stated on Sunday, “and it occurred to work out very nicely.”
The previous world No. 1 registered 5 aces to Sevastova’s none and transformed all 5 of her break factors to assert her first quarterfinal berth in a WTA 1000-level or Grand Slam event since Doha in February 2024.
Osaka subsequent will face Tenth-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine, a 6-4, 6-1 victor over fifth-seeded Amanda Anisimova of the USA within the final match Sunday evening. Svitolina transformed 4 of seven on break-point alternatives and saved 8 of 9.
Denmark’s Clara Tauson, the sixteenth seed, knocked out second-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland by a 7-6 (1), 6-3 depend to reverse the outcomes of their assembly final month at Wimbledon, when Swiatek received 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals on her option to the title.
Tauson, 22, saved seven of 9 break-point alternatives and transformed three of her 5 possibilities. Swiatek, who had received 9 straight singles matches, had barely extra aces (8-6) and double faults (5-4).
Tauson will face sixth-seeded Madison Keys, who secured a spot within the quarterfinals with a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Eleventh-seeded Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic.
Keys wanted 2 hours, 20 minutes to prevail as she fought off two match factors with Muchova holding a 5-4 lead within the third set. Keys then broke Muchova at 5-5 with a ravishing passing shot.
“I am actually comfortable to get that win,” Keys stated.
–Area Degree Media/Reuters