Tauson Beats Keys For Second Successive Top-10 Victory

Clara Tauson reached nan past 4 of nan Canadian unfastened by beating American Madison Keys 6-1 6-4 connected Tuesday to scope conscionable nan 2nd WTA 1000 semi of her career.

Danish subordinate Tauson, seeded 16th successful Montreal, secured different awesome scalp aft beating 2nd seed Iga Swiatek successful nan erstwhile round.

Upon defeating sixth seed Keys, nan 22-year-old revealed she had done truthful while dealing pinch individual tragedy.

"Two days ago, my grandfather unluckily passed distant - truthful I really wanted to triumph for him today," Tauson said aft nan match.

"I was told nan time aft I hit Swiatek, truthful yesterday, and I really wanted to travel retired present and show my champion tennis for him.

"Hopefully he's watching."

Tauson, classed 19th successful nan world, was objective successful nan opening group against Keys, converting some of her break constituent opportunities and serving retired successful conscionable complete half an hour.

Australian Open champion Keys dropped service again early successful nan 2nd and Tauson held her nervus to gain a 2nd successive triumph complete an force classed successful nan world apical 10.

Tauson will look four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka successful nan semi-finals, aft nan Japanese prima reached nan Canadian unfastened past 4 for nan first clip successful her career.

Osaka hit Ukrainian Elina Svitolina 6-2 6-2 successful nan quarter-finals to scope her first WTA 1000 semi-final since 2022.

The erstwhile world number 1 needed conscionable complete an hr to unafraid triumph complete nan 10th-seeded Svitolina.

Osaka capitalised connected unforced errors to break doubly earlier holding her nervus to service retired aft Svitolina earned 1 break back.

After she converted 2 much break points to seal nan triumph successful Montreal, Osaka said: "I deliberation for me, I'm conscionable having a batch of nosy playing and I'm really gladsome to beryllium here.

"She's [Tauson] really tough. I played her successful Auckland this twelvemonth and I had to extremity halfway because I was injured. So, I'm really excited that I'm patient and I dream that it's a bully lucifer for everyone that comes and watches."

In nan men's tourney successful Toronto, American 2nd seed Taylor Fritz precocious to nan semis pinch a 6-3 7-6 (4) triumph complete Russian sixth seed Andrey Rublev.

Next up for Fritz is compatriot and 4th seed Ben Shelton, who hit Australian ninth seed Alex de Minaur 6-3 6-4 to scope his first profession Masters 1000 semi-final.