Osaka, Gauff race into Canadian Open quarters as Rybakina survives scare

World fig 2 Elena Rybakina rallies to bushed unseeded Liudmila Samsonova, portion stars Naomi Osaka and Coco Gauff besides progress.

World fig 2 Elena Rybakina survived a immense scare to conflict into the Canadian Open quarterfinals connected Sunday successful Toronto, portion fourth-ranked Coco Gauff cruised through.

Kazakhstan’s Rybakina recovered from 0-3 and 2 breaks down successful the last acceptable to bushed Liudmila Samsonova 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 earlier American Gauff swept speech Russian teenage qualifier Alina Korneeva, 6-3, 6-1.

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Rybakina volition look four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka, who eliminated location leader Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-4.

Gauff reached the past 8 successful Canada for the archetypal clip since 2023 and adjacent meets 14th-ranked Swiss Belinda Bencic, who won 6-4, 6-0 successful 73 minutes implicit 20th-ranked Alexandra Eala, a Filipina who won her archetypal WTA rubric past Monday successful Washington.

“My main absorption contiguous was ‘let maine effort and adjacent it out’,” said Gauff, who has not dropped a acceptable successful Canada.

“Probably not the mode I should beryllium thinking, but it worked today.

“I’m arrogant of however the past 3 matches person gone and conscionable knowing if I person to spell the region I’m ready, but evidently would similar to chopped it abbreviated if I can.”

Coco Gauff plays a changeable against Alina Korneeva during their 4th circular lucifer astatine Sobeys Stadium successful Toronto, connected August 9, 2026 [Dan Hamilton/Imagn Images via Reuters]

Osaka broke successful the seventh crippled of each acceptable to beforehand successful 82 minutes.

“It was each beauteous bully for me,” the 13th-ranked Osaka said. “She has a large attitude. She’s accordant and she volition fight. She’s benignant of similar a bulldog.”

The Japanese star, who has ne'er faced Rybakina, said dependable groundstrokes were key.

“When I consciousness comfy oregon astatine slightest assured successful myself knowing I tin tally things down, I loosen up a lot,” Osaka said.

“I was catching my work flip a mates times. Hopefully successful the adjacent lucifer I don’t bash that arsenic often.

“I request to beryllium assured successful myself, execute what I tin and astatine the extremity of the time conscionable effort my champion and immoderate happens happens.”

Bencic connected connected 64.4 percent of her archetypal serves and won 72.4 percent of those points successful a 73-minute victory, her 10th triumph successful a enactment implicit left-handed opponents.

“I hatred to play against lefties truthful I’m amazed by this statistic,” Bencic said.

“Very tricky. Maybe helped maine [that] I played a lefty the circular earlier against Taylor Townsend. I got utilized to the service a small bit. I privation I was a lefty too.”