In the Canadian Open tennis tournament, Belarus’s Aryna Sabalenka and the United States’ Jessica Pegula advanced to the fourth round on Friday.
In the women’s singles third round, world No. 1 Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka defeated China’s Zhang Shuai in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4. Pegula, ranked third in the tournament, beat Uzbekistan’s Kamila Rakhimova 6-4, 6-0.
Following this, in the fourth round, Sabalenka will face Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova, and Pegula will take on Russia’s Diana Shnaider. World No. 8 American Amanda Anisimova eliminated Czech Republic’s Nikola Bartunkova 3-6, 6-0, 6-4.
Ukraine’s No. 9 seed Elina Svitolina defeated Austria’s Anastasia Potapova 6-1, 6-1, while another Ukrainian player, No. 10 seed Marta Kostyuk, beat America’s Madison Keys 6-3, 6-1.
In the next round, Anisimova will face Svitolina, and Kostyuk will take on Poland’s Iga Swiatek. Four-time Grand Slam champion Swiatek defeated Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1, in the previous round.
Norrie shocks De Minaur: In the third round of the men’s singles in this tournament, Australia’s Alex de Minaur, who was seeded third, lost to Britain’s Cameron Norrie in sets of 7-5, 6-7 (5/7), 1-6.
Czech Republic’s Jiri Lehecka, ranked 8th, defeated Belgium’s Alexander Blockx 6-3, 6-4, while Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti, ranked 11th, lost to Spain’s Rafael Jodar 4-6, 3-6.
With America’s Frances Tiafoe, ranked 15th, withdrawing due to injury, France’s Arthur Rinderknech, who was set to face him, was declared to have advanced to the fourth round.
America's Brandon Nakashima defeated France's Titouan Droguet in sets of 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, while Portugal's Nuno Borges beat Germany's Yannick Hanfmann 6-4, 6-2. In the next round, Lehecka will face Jodar, and Rinderknech will meet Nakashima.
