Swiatek sinks, Osaka shines at Canadian Open

Agency :

Iga Swiatek was the latest top player to suffer an upset loss in Montreal as the Wimbledon champion and tournament second seed fell 7-6 (7-1), 6-3 to Dane Clara Tauson in the Canadian Open round of 16 on Aug 3.
The 22-year-old Tauson used her creativity and firepower to frustrate the six-time Grand Slam champion from Poland, staying calm when she was broken in the second set and sealing the win when Swiatek’s backhand landed in the net.
Said Tauson: “I’m getting more confidence in this kind of level and feeling like I belong here a bit more. I think that really helped me today in the important points,” she added. Swiatek’s loss came a day after top seed Coco Gauff was stunned in straight sets by Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko, and both Swiatek and Gauff will look to sharpen their games ahead of the start of the US Open later in August.
World No. 1 and US Open defending champion Aryna Sabalenka is not competing in Montreal.
Tauson, seeded 16th, will face Madison Keys in the quarter-finals after the big-serving American saved two match points to emerge with a hard-fought 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 win over Czech Karolina Muchova.
Tauson beat Keys in their only previous meeting in Auckland in January. Keys went on to capture her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open later that month.