Staff Reporter.
Clara Tauson world No. 19, continued the upsets at the Canadian Open in Montreal with a 7-6(1), 6-3 win over Iga Swiatek in one hour and 53 minutes Sunday night.
Swiatek, ranked third in the world and seeded second in Montreal, followed top-seeded Coco Gauff, third-seeded two-time defending champion Jessica Pegula and fourth-seeded Mirra Andreeva out the door.
Fifth-seeded American Amanada Anisimova followed later with a straight-sets loss to Elina Svitolina.
Tauson avenged a fourth-round loss to Swiatek at Wimbledon and called her second career victory over a top-five player “unreal”.
“Obviously it’s really great and it shows all the hard work I’ve been doing has been the right thing,” Tauson said. “I’m getting more confidence in this kind of level and feeling like I belong here a bit more. I think that really helped me today in the important points.”
Tauson booked a quarterfinal berth against Australian Open champion Madison Keys, who saved two match points on the way to a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Czech Karolina Muchova.