Navarro, Townsend Attain Nationwide Financial institution Open Quarterfinals

American’s Taylor Townsend and Emma Navarro cruised into the quarterfinals of the Nationwide Financial institution Open on Friday.

Townsend, who was very spectacular through the day session, defeated No. 4 seed Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 6-1. Hitting 5 aces and profitable 76 p.c of her first serve factors, Townsend broke her greater ranked opponent on six events.

At present ranked No. 71 on this planet, Townsend will subsequent face Navarro for a spot within the semifinals.

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Navvaro, who’s the match’s No. 8 seed, dismissed No. 11 seed Marta Kostyuk 7-5, 7-5.

The 23-year-old American reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon and fourth spherical of the French Open in 2024.

Defending champion Jessica Pegula dismissed Ashlyn Krueger 6-2, 6-4 and Amanda Anisamova progressed when No. 10 seed Anna
Kalinskaya was pressured to withdraw coaching 6-2.

High seed Coco Gauff and No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka will spotlight the night time session.

Gauff will tackle No. 14 seed Diana Shnaider and Sabalenka will face Katie Boulter.

Over in Montreal, all play was cancelled as a result of ongoing extreme thunder storms.

All spherical of 32 and 16 matches shall be performed tomorrow.

High seed Jannik Sinner, No. 2 seed Alexander Zverev, No. 4 seed Hubert Hurkacz and No. 5 seed Andrey Rublev are nonetheless alive within the match.

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