Rybakina ousts Osaka to book Toronto semi-final against Gauff
TORONTO: World number two Elena Rybakina came from a set down to defeat four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka on Tuesday and reach the WTA Toronto Masters semi-finals, where she will face fourth-ranked Coco Gauff. Rybakina, the reigning Australian Open champion from Kazakhstan, fired 13 aces in a 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 victory. “Super happy. It was a very difficult match,” Rybakina said after a…
Elena Rybakina, the world number two, defeated four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka in three sets to advance to the WTA Toronto Masters semi-finals. Rybakina, a reigning Australian Open champion from Kazakhstan, won 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4. She admitted it was a difficult match, attributing her turnaround to her serve. Gauff, the 2023 US Open and 2025 French Open champion, reached her first Canada semi-final after Belinda Bencic withdrew due to a hip injury.
Rybakina praised Gauff's resilience and expressed her determination to match her energy and serve well. In their previous meeting at Toronto in 2022, Gauff won the match. The other semi-final will feature Poland's Iga Swiatek and Ukraine's Elina Svitolina.
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