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Fernandez vs Osaka — a home crowd, a night session and a level 1-1 record
Preview · Toronto (WTA 1000) · Round of 16 · 9 August 2026 Two players arrive here off the most emphatic wins of the third round, and neither has spent much time on court getting to this point. Leylah Fernandez took apart the fifth seed; Naomi Osaka did the same to the twentieth.
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Gauff vs Korneeva — the qualifier meets a different class of returner
Preview · Toronto (WTA 1000) · Round of 16 · 9 August 2026 Alina Korneeva has already taken two seeds out of this draw and has not looked remotely overawed doing it. She is 19, ranked 89th, came through qualifying, and is into the last sixteen of a WTA 1000 for the first
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Rybakina vs Samsonova — the serve against a stubborn record
Preview · Toronto (WTA 1000) · Round of 16 · 9 August 2026 Toronto has spent a week shredding the form book. The world number one is out, the third seed is out, the fifth and sixth seeds are out, and Elena Rybakina arrives in the last sixteen as one of only two
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Mensik vs Van de Zandschulp — the serve against the giant-killer, under lights
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Shelton vs Fonseca — the defending champion against the draw's fastest riser
Preview · Montreal (ATP 1000) · Round of 16 · 9 August 2026 This is the match of the round and, on the numbers, the closest of the four. Ben Shelton is the fifth seed, the defending champion, and the only man left in this half who has lifted this trophy. João Fonseca
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Tien vs Tirante — the counter-puncher against the clay-courter on a quick court
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Griekspoor vs Mérida Aguilar — two unseeded men, one quarter-final place
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Anisimova vs Svitolina — when the seeding and the numbers disagree
Preview · National Bank Open · Round of 16 · Saturday 8 August 2026 One seed separates these two, and almost everything else separates them the other way. Amanda Anisimova is the No. 8 seed to Elina Svitolina's No. 9, yet the Ukrainian has won four of their five meetings and
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Sabalenka vs Alexandrova — the world No. 1 against an awkward problem
Preview · National Bank Open · Round of 16 · Saturday 8 August 2026 Aryna Sabalenka has not dropped a set since arriving in Toronto. Ekaterina Alexandrova is one of the few players on tour who can take the ball as early as she does and has beaten her four times. They open
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Pegula vs Shnaider — the Washington sequel, one week on
Preview · National Bank Open · Round of 16 · Saturday 8 August 2026 These two played a semi-final in Washington seven days ago, and the rematch has arrived faster than either could have expected. Jessica Pegula won that one 7-5, 6-4; she has now beaten Diana Shnaider four times
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Świątek vs Kostyuk — the rematch Paris arranged
Preview · National Bank Open · Round of 16 · Saturday 8 August 2026 Ten weeks ago Marta Kostyuk beat Iga Świątek for the first time, and did it in the fourth round of Roland-Garros, on the surface that made the Pole's name. They meet again at 12:30 on