2-time defending champion Jessica Pugla by Sevastova in the third round of Montreal

Montreal (AP)-Twenty-two defending champions Jessica Pugla was removed in the third round of the National Bank Open, which fell to Anastasiza Sevastova on Friday by 3-6, -4-5, -1-3.

Latvia’s 35 -year -old Sebastova, who is in 11th in 2018, has come down to 386th place, breaking the third -descent Pugla six times in 10 possibilities.

“Somehow, I started playing better and better in the second set 2-0,” said Sebastova. “Third set, I played really well.” I am trying to stay in court for as long as possible. “

At night, Poland’s Wimbledon Champion IGA Sweetch scored a German Eva Lis-2-2, 6-2 to the second class Sweetch Denmark’s 6th-born Clara Towson, Ukraia’s Starodobotsva, in Ukraine’s 6-6, -0-5.

“It’s always fun here,” said Sweetake. “It was a stiff match so I am happy to have another game here. The match was different from how we played each other the last time. I just concentrated on myself and knew what my plan was.”

Sebastova has played 24 WTA tour-level matches in four years. Due to a knee injury, he found a place in the main draw with a safe rankings. In March 2024, in his fourth tournament, he returned from maternity leave, he had torn his ACL at the ATX Open.

“It’s hard, but I think I’m a warrior, too in court,” said Sebastova. “I didn’t want to quit. It was really shown that you could do it after a torn ACL after you pushed like this. It was like an incomplete business.”

Sebastova is the lowest ranked player to defeat the top-ten players in the Indian Wales Jelena Ostapenco in Indian Wales last year.

The defeat continued for the fourth -ranked Pugula, who won his opener in Montreal against Maria Sakkari in Greece, but came out of Wimbledon and DC Open after a July match.

“It wasn’t great, to speak the truth,” said Pugla. ” “I really don’t mind that I’m playing great tennis. Sometimes I stay but I feel very up and down, a kind of OP, which I don’t like it it really bothers me.”

Sebastova will fight Naomi Osaka, who came to the fourth round with Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenco against -2-2, -4-5.

Osaka, Japan’s number one-ranked player, playing his first tournament with Coach Thomasz Wiktoroski, he did five ACs and converted 6 out of 9 break-point opportunities to win the match in 1 hour 12 minutes.

Osaka said, “He broke me a few times, but he was a really good return, so I can’t take it personally.” “He knows a great player I went there, and if I gave him a chance he was about to hurt a winner on me so I just tried to maintain my speed and tried to be as hard as possible.”

The fifth grade Amanda Anisimova of the United States, Anisimova, sailed Emma Radukanu in England on the night 6-2, 6-1. Anisimova will play in Ukraine’s tenth -born Elina Switolina, winning -1-6, -1-6 against Anna Kalinskaire in the late match.

The sixth grade Madison keys defeated fellow American Catty McNalli 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.

“Today I did a good job of shaking back after the first set,” what did you say. “Let’s leave the first set and move forward. Glad I’m able to do it.”