{"id":853712,"date":"2026-08-13T11:28:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/853712\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T11:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:28:35","slug":"rybakina-defeats-osaka-advances-to-canadian-open-semifinals-to-play-gauff-tennis-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/853712\/","title":{"rendered":"Rybakina defeats Osaka, advances to Canadian Open semifinals to play Gauff | Tennis News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elena Rybakina stages a huge comeback to beat Naomi Osaka and will now play Coco Gauff for a place in the final.<\/p>\n

Published On 12 Aug 202612 Aug 2026<\/p>\n

Second-seeded Elena Rybakina fought back from a set and a break down to prevail 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 in her Canadian Open quarterfinal against Naomi Osaka in Toronto on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon and 2026 \u2060Australian Open champion, will meet fourth-seeded Coco Gauff for a place in the final after the American\u2019s opponent, Belinda Bencic, withdrew due to a hip injury.<\/p>\n

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In \u2060the first tour-level meeting between Osaka and Rybakina, the Japanese player looked to be cruising to victory after breaking in the opening game and holding that advantage to pocket the first set.<\/p>\n

The four-time Grand Slam champion then surged to a 4-2 lead in \u200cthe second set, but Rybakina rallied and came out on top in a tiebreaker to force the decider.<\/p>\n

In the third set, the Kazakh successfully defended four break points before breaking Osaka\u2019s serve in back-to-back games to seize control and seal victory in two hours and 33 minutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis first game of the match was really tough because it cost me the set,\u201d Rybakina said. \u201cIn the second \u2060I was just trying to stay closer to the score, \u2060even if I\u2019m losing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s rare when you don\u2019t play some players for so many years you\u2019re on tour. She\u2019s a great champion. She\u2019s a fighter. I knew it would be a tough match.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NaomiNaomi Osaka, left, congratulates Elena Rybakina after their quarterfinal match at Sobeys Stadium, Toronto, Canada on August 11, 2026 [John E Sokolowski\/Imagn Images via Reuters]<\/p>\n

Earlier \u2060on Tuesday, Gauff advanced without striking a ball after Bencic withdrew from their quarterfinal, giving the American more time to \u2060fine-tune her game before the US Open.<\/p>\n

The 2023 \u2060US Open champion is into the 16th WTA 1000 semifinal of her career as the 22-year-old chases her first title of the year.<\/p>\n

Gauff finished runner-up in Miami and Rome before her Wimbledon campaign ended \u200cin a tight semifinal defeat. She has introduced new tactical elements to her game and has looked strong in Toronto, where she has not dropped a set.<\/p>\n

The only \u200cprevious \u200cmeeting between Gauff and Rybakina was also in Toronto, where the American won in three sets in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elena Rybakina stages a huge comeback to beat Naomi Osaka and will now play Coco Gauff for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":853713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,2065,44,588,85,747,6075],"class_list":["post-853712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-canada","tag-news","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-us-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/853713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}