Raducanu beaten by Wimbledon finalist Anisimova

In the third round of the Canadian Open, Wimbledon finalist Amanda Anisimova defeated Britain’s Emma Raducanu, who had only three games to lose.

In a 6-2, 6-1 defeat to the world number seven, Raducanu had already defeated the world number seven twice.

The British number one also committed 22 unforced errors, compared to Raducanu’s five, while Anisimova had 29 winners.

American Anisimova is still a top-notch player on the WTA Tour despite suffering a troubling defeat in her first Grand Slam final a month ago.

She has won 50 matches at WTA 1000 events, surpassing any other player in that span, and has won 14 of her previous 17 matches.

Naomi Osaka, the four-time Grand Slam champion, defeated 22nd seed Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 6-4 earlier.

She broke me a few times, but she’s a really good returner, Osaka said.

After defeating defending champion and third seed Jessica Pegula 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, Japan’s Osaka will face Anastasia Sevastova, who has already triumphed twice at the US and Australian Opens.

American Pegula defeated world number 386 Sevastova in a match that ended in 11 matches in Montreal, but she was forced to play due to an error-strewn deciding set.

Similar to Osaka, Sevastova of Latvia has taken amaternity leave and has now won her first top-five match since 2017.

Pegula responded, “It was a strange match for me.” I initially felt in complete control, but then I only managed to play three or three awful games.

I went from being up a set and 2-0 to being down very quickly because of that.

Andrey Rublev, the seventh seed, defeated Lorenzo Sonego from Italy 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 in the men’s event.

The main thing that happened today was that I was mentally really good, Rublev said.

I didn’t go down after the first set, according to the statement. I said, “OK, let’s keep fighting, keep being positive.”

After beating Miami Open champion Jakub Mensik 6-2, 6-4, Russian No. Rublev will next face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.