Rybakina, Gauff Advance to Toronto Quarter-Finals
Rybakina needed 2 hours 49 minutes and 11 aces to advance, while Gauff reached her seventh quarter-final of the year without dropping a set.
- On Sunday, world number two Elena Rybakina and fourth-ranked Coco Gauff advanced to the National Bank Open quarter-finals in Toronto, securing their spots after separate victories at Sobeys Stadium.
- After rallying from a 0-3 third-set deficit, Rybakina defeated Russian Liudmila Samsonova 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in two hours and 49 minutes, firing 11 aces to secure the victory.
- Gauff dominated Russian teen qualifier Alina Korneeva 6-3, 6-1 in just 74 minutes, recording 16 winners against 15 unforced errors while remaining undefeated in sets throughout the tournament.
- Upcoming quarter-final matches feature 21-year-old Filipina Alexandra Eala against Swiss 12th seed Belinda Bencic, while Canadian Leylah Fernandez faces four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka.
- In doubles quarterfinal action, Italy's Sara Errani and American Nicole Melichar-Martinez defeated Australia's Ellen Perez and Demi Schuurs 6-2, 6-2, while Slovakia's Tereza Mihalikova and Britain's Olivia Nicholls won 6-3, 7-5.
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Kazakhstan’s Rybakina recovered from 0-3 and two breaks down in the final set to beat Liudmila Samsonova 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 before American Gauff swept aside Russian teenage qualifier Alina Korneeva, 6-3, 6-1.
Elena Rybakina, Coco Gauff advance to Toronto quarter-finals
TORONTO, Canada — World number two Elena Rybakina battled her way into the WTA Canadian Open quarter-finals on Sunday, while fourth-ranked Coco Gauff cruised into the last eight. Kazakhstan’s Rybakina outlasted Russian Liudmila Samsonova 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 after two hours and 49 minutes, before American Gauff eliminated Russian teen qualifier Alina Korneeva 6-3, 6-1 in Toronto. READ: Alex Eala battles Olympian Belinda Bencic for Toronto quarterfinals…
Rybakina, Gauff advance to Toronto quarter-finals
Kazakhstan's Rybakina outlasted Russian Liudmila Samsonova 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 after two hours and 49 minutes, before American Gauff eliminated Russian teen qualifier Alina Korneeva 6-3, 6-1 in Toronto. Rybakina, down two breaks at 0-3 in the third set, rallied to book a quarter-final against the winner of the last-16 match between four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka and home hope Leylah Fernandez. Gauff reached the last eight in Canada for the …
Top seeds Elena Rybakina, Coco Gauff advance to Toronto QFs
(Photo credit: Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images)At 22 years of age, Coco Gauff is building an incredible resume.The fourth-seeded Floridian routed Russian teenager Alina Korneeva 6-3, 6-1 on Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals of the National Bank Open in Toronto.In the first match of the day, second-seeded Elena Rybankina of Kazakhstan outlasted Russia's Liudmila Samsonova in a marathon, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
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