At the Canadian Open tennis tournament, American top player Coco Gauff advanced to the quarterfinals on Monday. The Philippines’ young player Alexandra Eala was defeated and eliminated.
In the women’s singles pre-quarterfinal round, Gauff, ranked No. 4 in the tournament, defeated Russia’s Alina Korneeva in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1. With this, she has reached the Canadian Open quarterfinals for the first time in the past three years.
In addition, she advanced to the quarterfinals of a WTA 1000 event for the 25th time. Two-time Grand Slam champion Gauff will face Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic in her quarterfinal.
The 12th-seeded Bencic defeated Alexandra Eala of the Philippines comfortably, 6-4, 6-0. Eala, who recently won the Washington DC Open, exited in disappointment. This also ended her seven-match winning streak.
Former Canadian Open champion Bencic has qualified for the quarterfinals here for the third time. She has recorded her 18th win in this tournament. This is her highest total in a 1000-point event.
Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka of Japan defeated Canada’s Leylah Fernandez, who was ranked 30th in the tournament, in straight sets 6-4, 6-4. Osaka, who is ranked 11th, will next face Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina.
This will be the first time Osaka and Rybakina meet. Rybakina, who is ranked No. 2 and is a two-time Grand Slam champion, defeated Russia’s Ludmila Samsonova in the previous round, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
Shelton, Mensik advance: In the men’s singles pre-quarterfinal round of the tournament, fifth-seeded American Ben Shelton defeated 22nd-seeded Brazil’s Joao Fonseca in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3).
Jakub Menšík of the Czech Republic, ranked 13th, defeated Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands 6-4, 7-5. Following this, Shelton and Menšík will meet in the quarterfinals.
Larner Tien of the United States, ranked 12th, defeated Thiago Tirante of Argentina 6-4, 6-4, while Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands fell to Spain’s Daniel Aguilar 3-6, 1-6.
Bhambri loses: In the second round of the men’s doubles, the Indian-New Zealand pair of Yuki Bhambri and Michael Venus lost to France’s Theo Arribage and Albano Olivetti in sets of 6-7 (5/7), 7-5, 9-11.