Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek turned the most recent seed to fall on the Canadian Open as she suffered a shock defeat by Clara Tauson within the fourth spherical.
Denmark’s Tauson, ranked nineteenth, avenged her fourth-round loss to Swiatek at Wimbledon final month with a 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 victory over the second seed in Montreal.
Swiatek’s exit comes after prime seed Coco Gauff, two-time defending champion Jessica Pegula and fourth seed Mirra Andreeva have been all knocked out.
“Clearly it is actually nice and it exhibits all of the arduous work I have been doing has been the fitting factor,” mentioned Tauson, who gained her third WTA title in January – her first since 2021.
“I am getting extra confidence in this sort of stage and feeling like I belong right here a bit extra. I feel that basically helped me at present in the details.”
Tauson will face Australian Open champion Madison Keys within the quarter-finals after the American saved two match factors en path to a 4-6 6-3 7-5 win over Czech Karolina Muchova.
Earlier on Sunday, four-time main winner Naomi Osaka misplaced just one recreation as she outplayed Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova to wrap up a 6-1 6-0 win in 49 minutes.
Japan’s Osaka, a winner twice on the US and Australian Opens, is looking for her first title since coming back from maternity depart early in 2024.
The 27-year-old parted firm with coach Patrick Mouratoglou after lower than a 12 months and is now working with Poland’s Tomasz Wiktorowski, former coach of Swiatek.
“I had a strong plan coming in right here and it simply occurred to work out fairly nicely,” mentioned Osaka, at present ranked 49 on the planet.
