Johanna Konta wins two wins in a row in Montreal, but British Harriet Dart bends over Tennis News

Johanna Konta will face victory in a match between American teenager Coco Gauff, 15th, or Russian qualifier for the place between Anastasia Potapova in the quarterfinals after winning two victories in the same day at the National Bank Open in Montreal.

Johanna Konta won a great victory against Elina Svitolina in Montreal (Photo: David Kirouac / Icon Sportswire)

British No. 1 Johanna Konta struggled to win third place with Elina Svitolina and reach the 18th National Bank Open in Montreal.

Konta suffered from nightmares in the summer when she was forced to withdraw from Wimbledon after coming into close contact with a positive Covid-19 case and since then got the virus itself miss the Tokyo Olympics.

But he continued his progress in the Canadian tournament, beating Svitolina for the sixth time by asking 3-6 6-3 6-2.

Home favorite Bianca Andreescu survived 25-year-old Harriet Dart in three installments to advance to the next round of the race.

The second seed ran away with the first set before Dart grabbed the second to put pressure on world No. 8, which hit hard in the third to take the match 6-1 3-6 6-3.

In a notable story, Canadian wild card Rebecca Marino, who had shocked Madison Keys in the first round, continued to run by beating Spaniard Paula Badosa 1-6 7-5 6-4.

The best ranking of his 30-year career was 39 in 2011, but he left the sport for nearly five years to fight depression. He is currently ranked 220th.

Eighth seed Victoria Azarenka jumped past Sorana Cirstea 6-2 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals, as did Czech Katerina Siniakova, who shocked Garbine Muguruza of Spain with a fifth seed 6-2 0-6 6-3.

Camila Giorgi also won a shocking straight series win from ninth seed Elise Mertens, while Liudmila Samsonova surprised 12th place in Elena Rybakina’s opening round.

Kei Nishikori withdrew from the Toronto National Bank Open due to injury

Japan’s Kei Nishikor became the latest retreat from the Toronto ATP Masters 1000 due to a shoulder injury.

“I am disappointed to announce that I have decided to withdraw from my match today,” Nishikori said in a statement. The right shoulder is very sore after a long game of tennis and I don’t want to take any more injuries.

– I’m focusing now on healing and back on the field.

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