By Chris Oddo | Wednesday August 6, 2025
It’s Naomi Osaka’s time to shine as soon as once more. Again on her beloved laborious courts, the four-time main champion has discovered her mojo and reeled off six consecutive victories to succeed in her greatest remaining since she performed the Miami Open remaining within the spring of 2022.
Osaka edged previous rising Dane Clara Tauson, 6-2 7-6(7) to e book a date within the remaining with 18-year-old Victoria Mboko, who earlier saved a match level to oust Elena Rybakina in three dramatic units.
Osaka reaches her fifth WTA 1000 remaining and her first at Montreal.
Osaka saved seven of 9 break factors, and transformed 4 of 5 of her personal, however her night time received tough within the second set when Tauson, bidding for her second 1000 remaining of the 12 months, twice rallied from a break all the way down to degree the second set.
The Dane held her personal from 4-4, forcing a tiebreak, and even had a pair of set factors within the breaker. She couldn’t push by means of and Osaka took the reins to complete off the hard-hitting duel as she transformed her second match level to shut out her twenty second win of the season in a single hour and 48 minutes.
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