Toronto, Aug. 12 (BNA) Brazil’s Beatrice Haddad Maya beat Poland’s seed Iga Swiatek 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 in stormy conditions on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals of the National Bank of England Open.
26-year-old Haddad Maya topped the rankings for the first time to become the first Brazilian woman to qualify for the quarter-finals of the WTA 1000.
She was a back-to-back champion on grass in Nottingham and Birmingham, and came to Toronto 24th in her career world, according to the Associated Press.
Swiatek had nine double faults versus one for Maya’s blacksmith. Haddad Maya will face the winner of the late match between Belinda Bencic and Garbine Muguruza.
Earlier, 10th seed Coco Gauff outscored sixth seed Aryna Sabalenka 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (4). Sabalenka threw her racket in frustration after capturing the playoff point in the match that lasted 3 hours and 11 minutes.
Both players suffered from the wind at Sobis Stadium, with Sabalenka making 18 double-faults and Gauff 15. Sabalenka, of Belarus, had 42 unforced errors, 10 more than her American opponent.
Gave will face Romanian Simona Halep. Halep, winner of the 2016 and 2018 tournaments in Montreal, beat Switzerland’s Gilles Teichmann 6-2, 7-5.
American Jessica Pegola, the seventh seed of Italy, also led Camila Giorgi 3-6, 6-0, 7-5.
In the evening session, Canadian Bianca Andreescu, who won the tournament in 2019 in Toronto, withdrew with a 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 loss to 19-year-old China’s Cheng Chenwen.
The Czech Karolina Pliskova won the night, beating Greek third seed Maria Sakkari 6-1, 6-7 (9), 6-3.
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