Japanese Naomi Osaka reached the third round of the Canadian Open by beating Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 13 seed, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3 at the IGA Stadium in Montreal on Wednesday. It was the third match between the two players in 2025 after Miami (Osaka’s win) and Berlin (Samsonova’s victory).

Osaka, ranked No 51, will face the winner of the match between Mexican Renata Zarazua and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 22 seed, next. In the previous round of the Rogers Cup, the Japanese won against Canadian qualifier Ariana Arseneault (6-4, 6-2).

Montreal WTA 1000, other second-round results (IGA Stadium, hard, USD 5.152.599, most recent results first):

Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Elina Svitolina

Amanda Anisimova vs. Lulu Sun

Belinda Bencic vs. Eugenie Bouchard

Emma Raducanu vs. Peyton Stearns

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Eva Lys

Antonia Ruzic vs. Karolina Muchova

Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Magdalena Frech

Maria Sakkari vs. Jessica Pegula

Elise Mertens vs. Anna Kalinskaya

Hanyu Guo vs. Iga Swiatek

Catherine McNally vs. Rebecca Sramkova

Renata Zarazua vs. Jelena Ostapenko: wednesday

Clara Tauson vs. Lucia Bronzetti: wednesday

Madison Keys (6) beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 6-2, 6-1

Anastasija Sevastova beat Magda Linette (25): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4

McCartney Kessler (28) beat Maya Joint: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3

Victoria Mboko (WC) beat Sofia Kenin (23): 6-2, 6-3

Suzan Lamens beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (18): 6-2, 1-6, 6-3

Coco Gauff (1) beat Danielle Collins: 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (2)

Elena Rybakina (9) beat Hailey Baptiste: 6-4, 6-3

Lin Zhu beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (12): 1-6, 6-2, 6-4

Marie Bouzkova beat Diana Shnaider (14): 6-2, 7-6 (5)

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Ashlyn Krueger (26): 6-4, 6-4

Veronika Kudermetova beat Olga Danilovic (29): 6-4, 6-2

Aoi Ito (Q) beat Jasmine Paolini (7): 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5)

Jaqueline Cristian beat Linda Noskova (20): 6-3, 6-4

Mirra Andreeva (4) beat Bianca Andreescu (WC): W/O

Marta Kostyuk (24) beat Marketa Vondrousova: 2-6, 6-3, 6-2

Emma Navarro (8) beat Rebecca Marino (WC): 6-1, 6-2

Dayana Yastremska (30) beat Camila Osorio: 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2

Daria Kasatkina (15) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-1, 6-4

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