Tauson sweeps Swiatek aside to make Montreal quarters
The Dane proved too consistent for Polish superstar Swiatek, winning 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 in Montreal on Sunday night (Monday AEST).
The 183cm Tauson, seeded 16th in the hard-court event that ends Thursday, avenged a loss to Swiatek at Wimbledon to set up a match on Tuesday with sixth-seeded American Madison Keys, winner of this year's Australian Open singles title.
"I think, obviously, getting a win against her after losing to her in Wimbledon a couple of weeks ago is obviously nice, because I was not feeling great in that match, and I felt like I was playing some good tennis in Wimbledon," Tauson said.
"So I felt like if I could keep that going, I thought I had a shot."
Clara Tauson picks up her first career win over Swiatek and moves into the quarterfinals!#OBN25 pic.twitter.com/MthAOUzRYj
— wta (@WTA) August 4, 2025
Tauson won her lone tour title in New Zealand in January, beating fellow Montreal quarter-finalist Naomi Osaka of Japan in the final.
Keys outlasted 11th-seeded Czech player Karolina Muchova 4-6 6-3 7-5 in the windy afternoon session.
"Clara's a fantastic ball-striker," Keys said about the quarter-final match.
"She's got a big serve. She's got a lot of power on both sides. She covers the court quite well on top of everything, so I feel like she's one of those matches where you kind of have to temper a little bit and not go for things too quickly."
Osaka also advanced in the afternoon, routing Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova 6-1 6-0 in 49 minutes - the second-fastest victory of her career. Osaka had a 42-minute victory in a 2016 event in Brazil.
The four-time major winner reached the final eight of a WTA 1000 or grand slam event for the first time in 19 months.
In the quarter-finals she will face 10th-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine, a 6-4 6-1 winner over fifth-seeded American and this year's Wimbledon finalist Amanda Anisimova.
The quarter-finals will feature 18-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko up against Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, and Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk taking on the ninth seed Elena Rybakina, of Kazakhstan.
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