Naomi Osaka and Elena Rybakina win to set up clash in Canadian Open quarterfinals

Toronto – World No. 2 Elena Rybakina survived a huge scare to battle into the Canadian Open quarterfinals on Sunday in Toronto, while fourth-ranked Coco Gauff cruised through.Kazakhstan’s Rybakina recovered from being 0-3 and two breaks down in the final set to beat Liudmila Samsonova 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 before American Gauff swept aside another Russian, teenage qualifier Alina Korneeva, 6-3, 6-1 in Toronto.Rybakina will face a quarterfinal against four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka, who eliminated home hero Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-4.Gauff reached the last eight in Canada for the first time since 2023 and will come up against Swiss 12th seed Belinda Bencic, who won 6-4, 6-0 in 73 minutes over 20th-ranked Alexandra Eala, a Filipina who won her first WTA title last Monday in Washington.“My