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Serve was the only separator in a quarterfinal nothing else split. Elena Rybakina struck 15 aces to Naomi Osaka's three across 2h33m, and the two ended up splitting games 16-16 and points 111-107. The 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 verdict turned on one break in game 7 of the decider.
Two courts over, Rafael Jodar filed the men's headline: a 7-6(5), 6-3 win over 18th seed Arthur Fils in 2h41m for a first Masters semifinal, with quarterfinals at Madrid and Rome his previous ceiling at the level and the week leaving him at a career-high ATP No. 15.
Defending champion Ben Shelton is through as well, past Jakub Mensik 6-3, 6-1 in 72 minutes.
Off court, the PTPA cited player workload after the Canadian Open withdrawals, per Free Malaysia Today; Jannik Sinner is out of Cincinnati with a right knee injury, per ATP Tour, with Carlos Alcaraz also absent on a wrist injury.
Semifinals today: Jodar meets Brandon Nakashima, a 77-minute winner on Tuesday, with no prior meetings on record, while Iga Swiatek draws Elina Svitolina.
Sixty-three minutes, seven holds, no break points faced. Iga Swiatek won 88 percent of her first-serve points and converted five of nine break chances in a 6-2, 6-1 quarterfinal over 15th seed Diana Shnaider, three of those breaks landing back-to-back-to-back in the second set, per the tournament's day-10 report.
Her semifinal opponent took the longer route. Elina Svitolina lost the opening set to Ekaterina Alexandrova before winning 6-0 in the second and 6-3 in the third, a day after eliminating eighth seed Amanda Anisimova; the Ukrainian is 24-6 on hard courts this season.
Over in Montreal, the Canadian Open men's quarterfinals contain nobody seeded above Ben Shelton, the defending champion, who faces Jakub Mensik. Daniel Merida Aguilar, ATP No. 61, made it there 6-3, 6-1 at Tallon Griekspoor's expense.
Today completes the women's semifinal field: Coco Gauff against Belinda Bencic, and Naomi Osaka drawing second seed Elena Rybakina, who needed 2 hours, 48 minutes to survive the fourth round.
A player ranked outside the ATP top 60 is two wins from a Masters 1000 final. Daniel Merida Aguilar is into his first quarterfinal at that level at the Canadian Open, the 6-3, 6-1 over Tallon Griekspoor following a win over ATP No. 29 Ugo Humbert; his deepest run at this level before this fortnight was a Madrid round of 32.
The title defense is intact: Ben Shelton won this event in 2025. The fifth seed needed 1 hour, 47 minutes to see off Joao Fonseca 6-3, 7-6(3).
Elsewhere, Elena Rybakina won just 112 of 217 points and survived anyway. The WTA No. 2 spent 2 hours, 48 minutes beating Liudmila Samsonova in three sets, with 13 breaks of serve. Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka and Belinda Bencic all advanced in straight sets.
The draw has been without top-ranked Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime since a back injury in practice forced his withdrawal Aug. 5, per CBC News.
Quarterfinals begin today: Rybakina against Osaka, no prior meetings on record, plus Iga Swiatek versus Diana Shnaider and Merida Aguilar facing No. 12 seed Learner Tien.
Saturday's sharpest result came at the Washington Open, where Alexandra Eala stopped third-seeded Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-2 in 76 minutes to reach her second career final, and a first at the 500 level, per wtatennis.com. Waiting today is top seed Jessica Pegula, a 7-5, 6-4 winner over Diana Shnaider who beat Eala in their 2025 Miami semifinal.
The men's final pairs Taylor Fritz, a three-set winner over Brandon Nakashima, with Rafael Jodar. Jodar gives away 15 ranking spots to Fritz, but the French Open quarterfinalist has beaten Arthur Fils, Lorenzo Musetti and Alejandro Tabilo this week.
Further south, Los Cabos stages eighth-seeded Denis Shapovalov against ATP No. 129 Arthur Gea for the title.
The Canadian Open begins today in Montreal and Toronto without Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic or Carlos Alcaraz — all three absent for a second straight year, with Alcaraz nursing a wrist injury, per Khel Now — leaving defending champion Ben Shelton atop the marquee.
The day's loudest line belongs to ATP No. 612. Cruz Hewitt, the 17-year-old son of former ATP No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt, beat Marcos Giron 6-3, 6-4 at the Washington Open for his first ATP win — Giron held the rank edge at No. 85 but never earned a break point, per ATP media.
The seeds fared worse. Eighth seed Arthur Fils fell 7-6(5), 6-3 to Rafael Jodar, No. 5 seed Learner Tien lost to Adrian Mannarino, and Tommy Paul went out 7-5, 7-6(4) to Kamil Majchrzak, who meets third seed Taylor Fritz next.
Across the women's draw, Alexandra Eala recovered from a set down to stop wild card Qinwen Zheng, and Venus Williams exited to Anastasia Potapova. Off court, Jack Draper withdrew from Washington, per Tennis World USA, joining an injury list with Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic out of Montreal, reported this week.
In Los Cabos, fifth seed Cameron Norrie opened 6-4, 6-1. Wednesday's marquee tops the Washington draw: top seed Alex de Minaur against Stefanos Tsitsipas, the winner owed a meeting with the teenage qualifier, per Tennis Majors.
Jack Draper's arm has given out again. The Brit withdrew from the Washington Open on Monday with the left arm injury that has kept him out since Eastbourne, per ATP media, and British press tally him the field's 12th withdrawal, a list already carrying 2024 champion Sebastian Korda.
The seeds who did play hardly fared better. Frances Tiafoe, the No. 6 seed, fell 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to ATP No. 49 Terence Atmane, while Madison Keys, also seeded sixth, lost from a set up to Liudmila Samsonova.
Also Monday: Kei Nishikori, an ATP No. 719 wild card who announced in April that this season is his last, per World Tennis Magazine, edged Juncheng Shang 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-4 in his first tour match since last August. Defending champion Leylah Fernandez opened 6-1, 6-4 over Magda Linette.
Tuesday restocks the marquee: Alex de Minaur opens his title defense against Stefanos Tsitsipas, per the order of play, and the Los Cabos Open plays its first full day.