Rybakina and Gauff reach WTA Canadian Open quarter-finals
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Aug 9, 2026, 9:38 PM
Last updated Aug 9, 2026
Elena Rybakina and Coco Gauff have advanced to the quarter-finals of the WTA Canadian Open in Toronto. Rybakina, the world number two, won a tough match against Liudmila Samsonova with a score of 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Coco Gauff, currently ranked fourth, defeated Alina Korneeva decisively at 6-3, 6-1. Rybakina's next opponent is yet to be determined from a match between Naomi Osaka and Leylah Fernandez, while Gauff awaits the winner of Belinda Bencic and Alexandra Eala. Gauff has not dropped a set throughout the tournament and is seeing success with her aggressive play.
- •Rybakina rallied from 0-3 down in the third set against Samsonova.
- •Gauff has reached the quarter-finals for the first time since 2023.
- •Rybakina's win took nearly three hours to complete.
- •Gauff has not lost a set in the tournament.
- •Quarter-final matchups will follow pending results from other matches.
- 9:38 PMYahoo Sports — Rybakina, Gauff advance to Toronto quarter-finals
"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.Her seventh WTA quarter-final of the year will be against either Swiss 12th seed Belinda Bencic or Alexandra Eala, the in-form Filipina who won her first WTA title earlier this week in Washington.
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