Osaka, Gauff race into Canadian Open quarters as Rybakina survives scare

World number 2 Elena Rybakina rallies to beat unseeded Liudmila Samsonova, while stars Naomi Osaka and Coco Gauff also progress.Published On 10 Aug 202610 Aug 2026World number two Elena Rybakina survived a huge scare to battle into the Canadian Open quarterfinals on Sunday in Toronto, while fourth-ranked Coco Gauff cruised through.Kazakhstan’s Rybakina recovered from 0-3 and two breaks down in the final set to beat Liudmila Samsonova 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 before American Gauff swept aside Russian teenage qualifier Alina Korneeva, 6-3, 6-1.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Malawi reach WAFCON semis and World Cup, while Nigeria’s title reign endslist 2 of 4NBA: Hall of Fame coach and champion player Don Nelson dies at 86list 3 of 4Brazilian player falls into tunnel celebrating goallist 4 of 4Barca eye three-peat as Mourinho back at Madrid in new La Liga seasonend of listRybakina will face four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka, who eliminated home hero Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-4.Gauff reached the last eight in Canada for the first time since 2023 and next meets 14th-ranked Swiss Belinda Bencic, who won 6-4, 6-0 in 73 minutes over 20th-ranked Alexandra Eala, a Filipina who won h...