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Rain forced all four quarterfinals into Tuesday in Montreal. When play ended, Ben Shelton, Learner Tien, Brandon Nakashima and Rafael Jodar owned the semifinal spots.

Naomi Osaka ended Leylah Fernandez’s home run in Toronto, winning 6-4, 6-4 under the lights to book a quarter-final against Elena Rybakina.

World No. 1 skips Cincinnati Jannik Sinner will not play the Cincinnati Masters 1000. The Italian announced his withdrawal on Sunday. His right knee is still bothering him, and the world No. 1 decided pulling out beat the risk of making it worse. “After consulting with my doctors and my team, I have to announce…

Jodar keeps climbing fast Rafael Jodar is only 19, but he is already making waves against the sport’s biggest names. In Montreal, the young Spaniard landed another blow, beating Jiri Lehecka to book his place in the Canadian Masters 1000 quarter-finals. Another quarter-final. But this one matters. With that latest win, Jodar has now reached…

A night of highs and lows for the French Montreal served up a brutal one for French tennis, but there was a bright side too. On one hand, Arthur Rinderknech was dumped out of the Canadian Masters 1000 after a suffocating scrap with Brandon Nakashima. On the other, Arthur Fils backed up his return to…

Toronto rocked by shocks The seeds are going down one after another at the National Bank Open. In the last 16, Aryna Sabalenka fell to Ekaterina Alexandrova, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-4, after a bruising near three-set battle. The world No. 1 just couldn’t find the killer touch when it mattered. Soon after, Jessica Pegula was…

The world number one is out in Toronto. Ekaterina Alexandrova outlasted Aryna Sabalenka in a three-set battle to reach the semifinals, a jolt for the top seed three weeks before she defends her US Open crown.

Leylah Fernandez routed French Open champion Mirra Andreeva 6-1, 6-4 in Toronto for her first top-10 win in over a year. Naomi Osaka is next.

The defending champion turns up Sixty-odd minutes. That is all Ben Shelton needed to make his point in Montreal. The American brushed aside Zizou Bergs 6-3, 6-2 to book his place in the last 16, and there was no warm-up lap about it. The serve did the heavy lifting and the forehand mopped up whatever…