Montreal – Clara Tauson made a statement at the National Bank Open published by Rogers.
The Danish player beat the top ten players for the second time in a row on Tuesday, ranking sixth in the quarterfinals with a record of 6-1, 6-4.
Tauson was taken from No. 16 in 16 rounds, expelled from No. 2 seed and Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek.
Two days after Towson’s grandfather passed away, defeated the key. An emotional Towson said in an on-field interview that she was told she died Monday morning after beating Swiatek the night before.
Tauson, 22, has not lost in four games and is now only two wins from her biggest championship in her career.
The result was a series of frustrations continued in the WTA Tour 1000 event, without the top eight seeds to the semifinals.
The winner of the Tuesday night match between Ukraine’s Japanese Naomi Osaka and No. 10 seed Elina Svitolina will face Tauson in the semifinals on Wednesday.
Another semi-final replaced Canada’s Victoria Mboko on Wednesday against Kazakhstan’s 9th seed Elena Rybakina.
The winner of Thursday’s final will receive $752,275.
Meanwhile, organizers have raised the doubles finals to Wednesday, presumably to give players more time to travel to Cincinnati before the next WTA 1000 Championship later this week. US vs. Coco Gauff and McCartney Kessler to face China’s third seed and US’s Taylor Townsend
Mboko won a spot in the main draw at the Cincinnati Open with her big run, but whether she played the game. Cincinnati’s main attraction began Thursday.
