Canadian Open: Last local falls as Collins makes quarter-finals
Danielle Collins won against Leylah Fernandez 6-2, 6-3 on Friday night and will play Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, in the next round
Danielle Collins competes at the Canadian Open 2023 Zuma / Panoramic
American Danielle Collins defeated Canadian wildcard Leylah Fernandez 6-2, 6-3 to reach the last eight of the Canadian Open at Stade IGA in Montreal on Friday night.
Despite having to qualify for the event, Collins has been on a roll in Montreal, dispatching all three of her opponents in straight sets so far this week. In doing so, she has eliminated the final Canadian women standing in the tournament.
Collins, ranked No 48, will face Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, next.
Earlier in the tournament, the American won against Ukrainian Elina Svitolina (6-2, 6-2) and Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 8 seed (6-4, 6-2).
Fernandez, ranked No 81, won against American qualifier Peyton Stearns (6-3, 6-2) and Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 11 seed (7-5, 5-7, 6-3) in the previous rounds of the Rogers Cup.
Montreal WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Stade IGA, hard, USD 2.788.468, most recent results first):
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Petra Kvitova vs. Belinda Bencic
- Elena Rybakina (3) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-3, 6-3
- Coco Gauff (6) beat Marketa Vondrousova (9): 6-3, 6-0
- Daria Kasatkina (10) beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-3, 6-4
- Iga Swiatek beat Karolina Muchova (14): 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
- Jessica Pegula (4) beat Jasmine Paolini: 6-4, 6-0
People in this post
More tennis news
Rybakina and Swiatek both fight through to set up Toronto final decider
August 13, 1999: The day Steffi Graf announced her retirement
Shelton and Nakashima set up first all-American Masters 1000 final since 2003
August 12, 1990: The day Stefan Edberg won Cincinnati to become world No 1
Rybakina claws back from double jeopardy to beat Osaka and set up first-ever Gauff meeting since 2022
