The third-ranked tennis player in the world, Polish Iga Swiontek, failed to advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament in Montreal, after losing to the 19th-ranked player in the world, Danish Klara Tauson, in two sets, 6:7, 3:6, in the round of XNUMX tonight.
The match lasted one hour and 55 minutes.
Swiontek, who won the Wimbledon title this year, broke the Danish player twice, while Towson won three breaks.
The Polish tennis player recorded eight aces, while Tauson won six points directly from serve.
Towson will play in the quarterfinals against world number eight American Madison Keys, who defeated world number 14 Czech Karolina Muhova.
World No. 13 American Amanda Anisimova failed to advance to the quarterfinals, losing to world No. 4 Ukrainian Elina Svitolina in straight sets, 6:1, 6:XNUMX, in the round of XNUMX.
The match lasted one hour and 27 minutes.
Anisimova, who lost to Swiontek in this year's Wimbledon final, broke the Ukrainian player once, while Svitolina won four breaks.
The American tennis player recorded four aces, while Svitolina also won four points directly from serve.
Svitolina will play in the quarterfinals against world No. 49 Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka, who defeated world No. 386 Latvian player Anastasija Sevastova.
All quarterfinal pairs of the Montreal tournament:
Victoria Mboko - Jessica Bus Maneiro
Marta Kostyuk - Elena Rybakina
Elina Svitolina - Naomi Osaka
Medison Kiz - Klara Tauson
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