TORONTO — For the first time in three years, World No. 4 Coco Gauff is back into the quarterfinals at the National Bank Open.<\/p>\n
With a 6-3, 6-1 win over teenage qualifier Alina Korneeva, Gauff secures her spot in the final eight in Toronto. After debuting at the event in Montreal 2021, Gauff had a string of three consecutive quarterfinal appearances from 2021-23, but for the past two years, the Round of 16 had been the barrier she couldn’t pass.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The win moves Gauff into her seventh WTA Tour Driven by Mercedes-Benz quarterfinal of 2026 and her 25th career WTA 1000 quarterfinal. She now awaits the winner of Belinda Bencic and Alexandra Eala, which closes out the night session. The 22-year-old has yet to drop set in Toronto, and Sunday’s four dropped games in the fewest she’s had in her first three matches.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As for Korneeva, it was her first-ever matchup against a top 10 opponent. She had entered off her biggest wins of her career, having upset No. 23 seed Emma Navarro and No. 13 seed Iva Jovic.<\/p>\n
By the numbers<\/p>\n
2:\u00a0Since 1990, Gauff is now the second player to reach 25 or more career Tier I\/WTA 1000 quarterfinals before turning 23. She joins Martina Hingis, who reached 39.\u00a0<\/p>\n
4: This is Gauff’s fourth Canadian Open quarterfinal, reaching two in Toronto and two in Montreal. Only\u00a0Gabriela Sabatini has reached more before turning 23 with six.\u00a0<\/p>\n
5: Gauff now improves to 5-1 against qualifiers in 2026 with the lone defeat coming to Elisabetta Cocciaretto in Doha.<\/p>\n
16: Against opponents outside the top 50 in the PIF WTA Rankings, Gauff is 16-2, most recently falling to Paula Badosa in Berlin.<\/p>\n
19: Gauff is 19-2 versus teenagers. The lone two defeats came to Iga Swiatek at Rome in 2021 and Victoria Mboko in Montreal in 2025. Both Swiatek and Mboko were eventual champions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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