Canadian Open: Rybakina advances to last four

Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 3 seed, edged out Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 10 seed, 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (8) to reach the last 4 of the Canadian Open at Stade IGA in Montreal on Saturday night.

UNRÉAL 🌙

Just short of 3am in Montréal after 3h27m of play, No.3 seed Elena Rybakina comes from a set down to defeat Kasatkina 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(8) and reach the semifinals!#NBO23 pic.twitter.com/kuykyjYxHi

— wta (@WTA) August 12, 2023

Rybakina, ranked No 4, will play Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 15 seed, next.

The Kazakh beat American Jennifer Brady (6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-3) and American Sloane Stephens (6-3, 6-3) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds of the Rogers Cup, Kasatkina, ranked No 14, won against Belgian Elise Mertens (6-4, 6-2), Anna Blinkova (6-2, 7-5) and Marie Bouzkova (6-3, 6-4).

Montreal WTA 1000, other quarter-finals results (Stade IGA, hard, USD 2.788.468, most recent results first):

• Liudmila Samsonova beat Belinda Bencic (12): 6-4, 6-4
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Danielle Collins (Q): 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
• Jessica Pegula (4) beat Coco Gauff (6): 6-2, 5-7, 7-5