Pegula dismisses defending champ Giorgi to reach quarter-finals in Toronto

American Jessica Pegula, the No 7 seed, moved into the last 8 of the National Bank Open by edging out Italian Camila Giorgi 3-6, 6-0, 7-5 at the Aviva Centre in Toronto on Thursday evening.

Pegula, ranked No 7, will face the winner of the match between American Alison Riske-Amritraj and Kazakh Yulia Putintseva next. She avenged a loss to Giorgi in last year’s semi-finals at Montreal, and improves to 6-2 overall against the Italian.

Pegula improves to 27-13 on the season with her triumph. Ahead of her victory, the American beat qualifier Asia Muhammad (6-2, 7-5) in the second round.

Giorgi, ranked No 29, won against No 9 seed Emma Raducanu (7-6, 6-2) and Belgian Elise Mertens (6-3, 7-5) in the previous rounds of the Canadian Open.

Toronto WTA 1000, other last 16 matches and results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):

• Belinda Bencic vs. Garbine Muguruza
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Maria Sakkari vs. Karolina Pliskova
• Alison Riske-Amritraj vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Iga Swiatek vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia: thursday
• Simona Halep (15) beat Jil Teichmann: 6-2, 7-5
• Coco Gauff (10) beat Aryna Sabalenka (6): 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (4)

Read also

Swiatek vs. Pegula – 4 key stats you need to know ahead of their Miami semi-final showdown

Tennis Majors