WTA Toronto: Shnaider books spot in last four

No 14 seed Diana Shnaider edged out No 6 seed Liudmila Samsonova 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 to move into the semi-finals of the Toronto Masters at the Aviva Centre.

Shnaider, ranked No 24, will play No 3 seed Jessica Pegula next.

Diana Shnaider beat lucky loser Harriet Dart (6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (2)), Pole Magdalena Frech (2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)) and American Coco Gauff, the top seed (6-4, 6-1) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds of the Rogers Cup, Samsonova, ranked No 13, won against Japanese qualifier Moyuka Uchijima (6-4, 6-2) and Belgian Elise Mertens (6-2, 6-4).

Toronto WTA 1000, other last-eight results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• Jessica Pegula beat Peyton Stearns: 6-4, 7-5
• Amanda Anisimova beat Aryna Sabalenka (2): 6-4, 6-2
• Emma Navarro (8) beat Taylor Townsend (LL): 6-3, 7-6 (5)