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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