MONTREAL — Two-time defending champion Jessica Pegula was eradicated within the third spherical of the Nationwide Financial institution Open after a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 loss to Anastasija Sevastova on Friday.
Sevastova, a 35-year-old from Latvia who was ranked eleventh in 2018 however has fallen to No. 386, broke the third-seeded Pegula six instances on 10 probabilities.
The loss continued a poor run for the fourth-ranked Pegula, who received her opener in Montreal over Maria Sakkari of Greece, however exited Wimbledon and the D.C. Open after one match in July.
Sevastova will tackle Naomi Osaka, who moved to the fourth spherical with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Twenty second-seeded Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia.
Osaka, a former No. 1-ranked participant from Japan, hit 5 aces and transformed six of 9 break level alternatives to win the match in 1 hour, 12 minutes.
In different daytime outcomes, Sixteenth-seeded Clara Tauson of Denmark rolled to a 6-3, 6-0 third-round victory over Ukraine’s Yuliia Starodubtseva.
Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek, the match’s No. 2 seed, headlined the night time session. She was scheduled to face Eva Lys of Germany in third-round motion.
