Rybakina survives last-16 scare, will play Osaka next at Canadian Open

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Aug 10, 2026 · 482 words · By AFP

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Osaka, Gauff race into Canadian Open quarters as Rybakina survives scare World number 2 Elena Rybakina rallies to beat unseeded Liudmila Samsonova, while stars Naomi Osaka and Coco Gauff also progress.

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What happened

Why it matters

World number two Elena Rybakina survived a huge scare to battle into the Canadian Open quarterfinals on Sunday in Toronto, while fourth-ranked Coco Gauff cruised through.

Common ground

Kazakhstan’s Rybakina recovered from 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 Russian teenage qualifier Alina Korneeva, 6-3, 6-1.

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Claim 1: “next meets 14th-ranked Swiss Belinda Bencic, who won 6-4, 6-0 in 73 minutes over 20th-ranked Alexandra Eala”

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Independent sources confirm Belinda Bencic defeated Alexandra Eala 6-4, 6-0 in 73 minutes at the Canadian Open.

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web search NEUTRAL — She has been ranked by the WTA as high as world No. 4 in singles, which she achieved on 17 February 2020, and No. 59 in doubles, attained on 1 February 2016. Bencic has won ten Tour singles titles, th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belinda_Bencic

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web search NEUTRAL — Ranking WTA.Alexandra Eala’s impressive winning run came to an end in the fourth round of the Canadian Open, where Belinda Bencic defeated her 6-4, 6-0 in 73 minutes.
https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Tennis_Stories/16…

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web search NEUTRAL — RAFAEL’S BOLD PREDICTION: Alex Eala’s Injury WON’T STOP Her From Defeating Bencic! Tennis Pulse и Tennis Briefing. 254 2 ч назад.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34t_bZ_fBu4

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Claim 2: “the 13th-ranked Osaka”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 3: “Kazakhstan’s Rybakina recovered from 0-3 and two breaks down in the final set to beat Liudmila Samsonova 6-4, 4-6, 6-4”

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Multiple independent sources, including a detailed match report and a video summary, confirm the score of 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 for Rybakina over Samsonova at the National Bank Open/Canadian Open.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iga Świątek defeated Elena Rybakina in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2026 Canadian Open. It was her twelfth WTA 1000 title and her 26th WTA Tour title overall. Vi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_National_Bank_Open_–_Wome…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elena Andreyevna Rybakina (born 17 June 1999) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She is currently ranked world No. 2 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Rybakina

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Liudmila Dmitrievna Samsonova (Russian: Людмила Дмитриевна Самсонова, IPA: [lʲʊdˈmʲiɫə sɐmˈsonəvə]; born 11 November 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles rankin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liudmila_Samsonova

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Claim 4: “Gauff, who has not dropped a set in Canada”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found regarding the sets dropped by Coco Gauff in the current tournament.

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Claim 5: “The Japanese star, who has never faced Rybakina”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 6: “American Gauff swept aside Russian teenage qualifier Alina Korneeva, 6-3, 6-1”

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While Wikipedia confirms the existence of both Coco Gauff and Alina Korneeva, no evidence was found confirming a specific match between them with the score 6-3, 6-1 at the Canadian Open.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cori Dionne "Coco" Gauff ( GAWF; born March 13, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 2 in singles and of world No. 1 in doubles by the WTA. Gauff…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_Gauff

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alina Aleksandrovna Korneeva (Russian: Алина Александровна Корнеева, born 23 June 2007) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 67, achieved on…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alina_Korneeva

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Claim 7: “World number 2 Elena Rybakina rallies to beat unseeded Liudmila Samsonova”

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Multiple independent sources (Sportstar, web search results) confirm Elena Rybakina is ranked world number 2 and defeated Liudmila Samsonova at the Canadian Open.

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Claim 8: “Osaka broke in the seventh game of each set to advance in 82 minutes”

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No evidence was found regarding the specific timing of breaks or the total match duration for Naomi Osaka's match.

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Claim 9: “Bencic connected on 64.4 percent of her first serves and won 72.4 percent of those points in a 73-minute victory”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 10: “Rybakina will face four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka, who eliminated home hero Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-4”

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Wikipedia confirms Naomi Osaka's identity and Leylah Fernandez's identity, but the web search results provided no evidence of a match between them with a 6-4, 6-4 score at the Canadian Open.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Leylah Annie Fernandez (born 6 September 2002) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 13 in women's singles by the WTA, achieved in August 2022, and No. 17 in dou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leylah_Fernandez

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Naomi Osaka (Japanese pronunciation: [oːsaka naomi]; born October 16, 1997) is a Japanese professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the WTA for 25 weeks start…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Osaka

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Claim 11: “Gauff reached the last eight in Canada for the first time since 2023”

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Search results for 'Coco' were irrelevant (movie results) and Wikipedia entries for Gauff and the 2025 tournament do not confirm this specific achievement in 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Canadian Open, branded as the 2025 National Bank Open presented by Rogers for sponsorship reasons, was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts from July 26…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_National_Bank_Open

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of career statistics of American tennis player Coco Gauff since her professional debut in 2018. Gauff has won twelve WTA Tour titles in singles and ten in doubles, as well as one ITF si…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_Gauff_career_statistics

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Claim 12: “her 10th win in a row over left-handed opponents”

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Claim 13: “fourth-ranked Coco Gauff cruised through”

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The search results for 'Coco Gauff' were dominated by the Pixar movie 'Coco', providing no evidence regarding her current world ranking.

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web search NEUTRAL — Coco is a 2017 American animated fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Lee Unkrich, and written by Adrian Molina and Matthew Aldrich, the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_(2017_film)

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web search NEUTRAL — Coco is an American media franchise created by Lee Unkrich, Jason Katz, Matthew Aldrich and Adrian Molina. The series takes place in Mexico around the holiday Dia de Muertos and follows Miguel Rivera …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_(franchise)

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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 22, 2017 · Coco: Directed by Adrian Molina, Lee Unkrich. With Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach. Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral b…
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2380307/

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Claim 14: “Alexandra Eala, a Filipina who won her first WTA title last Monday in Washington”

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Multiple independent sources (Ben Collins, China Daily, and other news summaries) confirm Alexandra Eala is Filipina and won her first WTA title in Washington on a Monday by defeating Jessica Pegula.

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web search NEUTRAL — Washington Open: Alexandra Eala is first Filipino to win WTA singles title. 16 hours ago. By Ben Collins.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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web search NEUTRAL — Alexandra Eala capped her giant-killing run at the Washington Open with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 victory over top-seeded Jessica Pegula on Monday to become the first player from the Philippines to win a WTA ti…
https://www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20260803-eala-powers-past-pegul…

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web search NEUTRAL — Alexandra Eala of the Philippines lets out a victorious roar after winning her maiden WTA title at the Washington Open, beating Jessica Pegula of the United States in the women's singles championship …
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202608/05/WS6a72954ba310986e…

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