Naomi Osaka and Clara Tauson saw the remaining two quarterfinals of the Omnium Banque National Présenté Par Rogers informed of dominant victories over Elina Svitolina and Madison Keys on Tuesday.
I think I have always separated myself a bit, because I mean, of course, Caroline [Wozniacki]She is of course one of the greatest influences on Danish tennis, because we are such a small country and nobody really cares about tennis. But I think we are two very, very different playing styles, and I have always said that from a young age. I don’t feel like I have been such a busy. We also had a number of good juniors in the following years. They never really made it here. Clara Tauson
In Montréal, Osaka shows the type of form that brought her 4 grand slam titles and her to the world Nr.
Osaka chased her first WTA-Tour level title since the Australian Open 2021, only needed 68 minutes to send the Ukrainian and book a Wednesday semi-final with the Danish 16th Seed, Clara Tauson, who Verzende Australian open champion, Madison Keys, 6-1 6-4, in 71 minutes.
“I just have a lot of fun playing. I am happy to be here,” Osaka said after her victory. “I think I will be sown in the US open because I won my match. That was really a good cause for me. I am just very enthusiastic.”
Tauson devoted her victory to her deceased grandfather, who died on Sunday while the Dane Pools 2nd seed sent, Iga Swiateek, who won her 6th Grand Slam title in Wimbledon last month.
“Two days ago my grandfather died unfortunately, so I really wanted to win for him today,” said a tearful Tauson after beating the 6th -placed American, Keys. “I was told the day after I had defeated Iga [Swiatek]So I really wanted to come out and show my best tennis for him. Hopefully he looks. “
Elina Svitolina with a 10th -placed broken -on Tuesday shattered on Naomi Osaka on Tuesday, and later said she had received death threats from online gamblers
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Osaka is looking for her 8th WTA level title, and her first since a pregnancy leave last year, her last title at WTA level under the Grand Slams that will be open on the China in 2019.
She reached the final in Miami in 2022 before she stepped away from tennis for 15 months at the end of that season, during which time she gave birth to her daughter, Shai, in July 2023.
On Tuesday evening, the 27-year-old Japanese broke a 3-1 lead in the opening set and exchanged the breaks in the last 3 games to catch the opener after 38 minutes, before they sailed through the second set and gave the victory when Svitolina reached a forehand wide.
It is the 5th time in 8 meetings that Osaka has defeated Svitolina, now that the Canadian open semi -final has been reached for the first time in her career.
“I think for me, I just have a lot of fun playing, and I’m really happy to be here,” said Osaka. ‘Someone told me it was seven years ago [since I’ve played here in Montréal]So I just want to thank you for having me. “
For those who may not have seen her play for a while, Osaka offered a strong memory of what she is capable of the way she has rejected the former Canadian open champion and former world no. 3, who also have one 3 times large semi-finalist.
Osaka saved 4 of the 5 breaking points with which she was confronted, while Svitolina only successfully defended 2 of the 7, and the Japanese won 83% of the points behind her first serve and 50% discount on its second delivery, against 59% and 32% of the Ukrainian.
It is the first time that Osaka has won 5 consecutive tour since he reached the final of the Miami Open in 2022, when she lost to the then World No 1 Swiatek, and in particular the first time as a mother.
It is important that the run came on hard courts, an surface that she likes, and her 4 large titles won on from 2018-2021.
When I came in, Svitolina had fallen the least matches and had not lost any set, but Osaka took 2.5 of her after her 49-minute victory over Anastasija Sevastova, 6-1 6-0, in the previous round, while she also survived 2 match points against Liudmila Samsonova.
Svitolina said she got death threats after her defeat and attributed the ‘shameful’ behavior to those who had gambled on the game.
“To all gamblers: I am a mother before I am an athlete,” wrote the 30-year-old in an Instagram story in which she confirmed screenshots of the messages. “The way you talk to women – to mothers – is embarrassing. If you saw mothers your messages, they would be disgusting.”
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While Svitolina continues to Cincinnati, Osaka then opposes Tauson, the 6-foot DANE that has also found its shape in Canada, making two top 10 opponents in Swiatek and keys.
Tauson is a victory from her second WTA 1000 -final, after he lost the first in February in Dubai to Mirra Andreeva.
Keys did not succeed in converting 2 break opportunities in the first game, and after the American had kept her serve, Tauson dominated to take the subsequent 5 and dropped the first set, breaking in the 4th and 6th games.
The 6th seed then gave a new break to start the second, and from there Tauson never held for the victory, never confronted with a breaking point in the set, and holding on to love in the last game to end things after 71 minutes.
“Not my best achievements there are today,” Keys admitted later. “She played great tonight. She played incredibly well, she served very well. It was just one of those things that I had the feeling that I kept trying different things, and she just hit me.
“If she serves, it will be very difficult to break her.”
De Dane won 12 of the 19 points on her second portions and kept the keys at a distance most of the night, which sent the American to participate in a scrap heap of Montreal seeds, with the top 5, and 7 of the top 10 seeds for the quarter finals.
Tauson devoted the victory to her grandfather, Peter, who died 2 days earlier.
“I really wanted to win for him today, he coached me a little, played tennis and drove me to almost every exercise of my school,” said the 22-year-old, who still had to drop a set here this week. “It was cool news yesterday morning, when I woke up, but I think it’s for good. He didn’t feel great for a while.”
World No 8 Madison Keys admitted that Clara Tauson was too strong for her on Tuesday evening in the last quarterfinals of Montréal
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Tauson delivered the performance she has chased and presented her best tennis from start to finish in a match that left little doubt about who the better player was.
For a stunned crowd in Montréal, the 16th seed only needed 27 minutes to win the opener, and although the second set turned out to be more challenging for Tauson, the late push by keys came too late.
With back-to-back victories on Swiatek and Keys, Tauson achieved several top 10 wins for the first time in her career on a single tournament and earned her place in a 7th WTA and a half final.
Often compared to her rural woman, former world no. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, Tauson is quick to reject comparisons and tell the media on Sunday after beating Swiatek: “I think I have always separated myself a bit, because I mean, Caroline, she is clearly a small of the great influences in Danish tennis.
“But I think we are two very, very different playing styles, and I have always said that from a young age. I have the feeling that I have not had such a thing. We also had a number of good juniors in the following years. They never really made it here.”
Tauson is looking for her 4th career WTA title after the 2021 Lyon and Luxembourg opens, and this year Auckland is open, where Osaka retired after winning the first set of the final in their only WTA meeting.
“She’s really cool,” Osaka said about Tauson. “I played her in Auckland this year. I had to stop halfway because I was injured. So I am really excited that I am healthy.”
Elena Rybakina, the highest seed that is still at No. 9, is now the favorite to win the title on Thursday, but first has to meet the 18-year-old Victoria Mboko of Giant-murderer in the semi-final on Wednesday
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Elena Rybakina, the Wimbledon champion 2022, and the 18-year-old Canadian Sensation Victoria Mboko meet in the other semi-final on Wednesday.
Rybakina, who won their only earlier meeting last month, 6-3 7-5, in the 2nd round in Washington, is the current ACE leader on the Hologic WTA tour, who fired 302 of them this year.
Mboko, who plays in her first head pulling at the National Bank Open, will get up in the top 50 of the WTA after the beginning of the year outside the top 300 after beating 5 higher ranked opponents on their way to the semi-final, including astonishing top seeds Coco Gauff in the 4th round.
“I don’t want to say that there is really a secret,” Mboko told reporters. “I think being calm in such stressful situations is the key to deliver what you want to do on those such tight moments.
“The human reaction is always to make and act a bit tense, but I think that if I project calmness and relaxation, I will also have the same in my head. I have the feeling that if I don’t really think much about it and I keep it all cool in my head, that’s what I project on the field.”
Mboko, who becomes 19 at the end of the months, has shown an unnatural balance.
“I understand that many people will encourage her, and she is young,” said Rybakina. “I will just try to concentrate on myself, especially on my serve, because I know if it really works, then I have many more opportunities. So that is the goal.”
With Mboko and Osaka in the ongoing order, it is the first time that two non-seded players have made the semi-final at the Canadian Open since Jessica Pegula and Camila Giorgi in 2021.
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