{"id":72639,"date":"2026-08-12T05:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T05:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/72639\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T05:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T05:17:11","slug":"elena-rybakina-edges-naomi-osaka-in-thrilling-canadian-open-quarter-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/72639\/","title":{"rendered":"Elena Rybakina Edges Naomi Osaka in Thrilling Canadian Open Quarter-Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elena Rybakina staged a remarkable comeback to overcome Naomi Osaka in a gripping Canadian Open quarter-final, securing her spot in the semi-finals where she will face fourth seed Coco Gauff.<\/p>\n

\"Elena<\/p>\n

IMAGE: Elena Rybakina celebrates after winning her match against Naomi Osaka at the at the National Bank Open at Sobeys Stadium in Toronto. Photograph: John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images\/Reuters<\/p>\n

Key Points<\/p>\n

Elena Rybakina defeated Naomi Osaka 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 in a thrilling Canadian Open quarter-final match.
\nRybakina, a two-time Grand Slam champion, rallied from a set and a break down to secure her victory.
\nShe will now face fourth seed Coco Gauff in the semi-finals, who advanced after Belinda Bencic withdrew due to injury.
\nCoco Gauff is chasing her first title of the year, having reached two WTA 1000 finals previously.<\/p>\n

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Second seed Elena Rybakina fought back from a set and a break down to prevail 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 in her Canadian Open quarter-final against Naomi Osaka in Toronto on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon and 2026 Australian Open champion, will meet fourth seed Coco Gauff for a place in the final after the American’s opponent, Belinda Bencic, withdrew due to a hip injury.<\/p>\n

Rybakina’s Resilient Comeback<\/p>\n

\"Elena<\/p>\n

IMAGE: Elena Rybakina in action. Photograph: John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images\/Reuters<\/p>\n

In the first tour-level meeting between Osaka and Rybakina, the Japanese player looked to be cruising to victory after breaking in the opening game and holding that advantage to pocket the first set.<\/p>\n

The four-time Grand Slam champion then surged to a 4-2 lead in the second set, but Rybakina rallied and came out on top in a tiebreaker to force the decider.<\/p>\n

In the third set, the Kazakh successfully defended four break points before breaking Osaka’s serve in back-to-back games to seize control and seal victory in two hours and 33 minutes.<\/p>\n

“This first game of the match was really tough because it cost me the set,” Rybakina said. “In the second I was just trying to stay closer to the score, even if I’m losing.”<\/p>\n

“It’s rare when you don’t play some players for so many years you’re on tour. She’s a great champion. She’s a fighter. I knew it would be a tough match.”<\/p>\n

Gauff Advances to Semi-Finals<\/p>\n

\"Naomi<\/p>\n

IMAGE: Naomi Osaka plays a shot against Elena Rybakina. Photograph: Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images\/Reuters<\/p>\n

Earlier on Tuesday, Gauff advanced without striking a ball after Bencic withdrew from their quarter-final, giving the American more time to fine-tune her game ahead of the U.S. Open.<\/p>\n

The 2023 US Open champion is into the 16th WTA 1000 semi-final of her career as the 22-year-old chases her first title of the year.<\/p>\n

Gauff finished runner-up in Miami and Rome before her Wimbledon campaign ended in a tight semi-final defeat. She has introduced new tactical elements to her game and has looked strong in Toronto, where she has not dropped a set.<\/p>\n

The only previous meeting between Gauff and Rybakina also came in Toronto, where the American won in three sets in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elena Rybakina staged a remarkable comeback to overcome Naomi Osaka in a gripping Canadian Open quarter-final, securing her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9771,46148,46780,8065,8064,16184,8,4469,85,46781,1257,10324,31581,8904],"class_list":["post-72639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-osaka","tag-belinda-bencic","tag-canadian-open","tag-canadian-open-quarter-final","tag-coco-gauff","tag-elena-rybakina","tag-grand-slam","tag-japan","tag-naomi-osaka","tag-osaka","tag-rybakina-edges-osaka","tag-tennis","tag-toronto","tag-wimbledon","tag-wta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}