Sabalenka and Norrie eliminated in Canadian Open last 16
On 2026-08-09, women's world number one Aryna Sabalenka and Britain's Cameron Norrie were both eliminated in the last 16 of the Canadian Open, Sabalenka losing in Toronto and Norrie falling in Montreal.
Sabalenka has not reached a final since winning the Miami Open in March and her defeat in Toronto came weeks before she begins her US Open title defence; the result continues a difficult summer after she was knocked out in the quarter-finals and last 16 of the French Open and Wimbledon respectively.
In Toronto Sabalenka was beaten 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-4 by Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova in a match that lasted almost two and a half hours. Sabalenka recovered from a set down to force a decider, but a double fault when serving to stay in the match handed the number 16 seed the victory.
Alexandrova said: "I just tried to play every single point as if it was the last one because with her, you don't [get] a lot of chances during the match," Alexandrova said. "I'm super happy that I could win because after the second set, I thought [the chance] was already past me." Alexandrova will face Ukraine's Elina Svitolina for a place in the semi-finals after Svitolina defeated American eighth seed Amanda Anisimova 6-2 6-4.
Third seed Jessica Pegula suffered a first career loss to Diana Shnaider as the 22-year-old Russian won 6-3 6-3. Shnaider is set to play Iga Swiatek in the semi-finals after the seventh seed recovered from early trouble to beat 10th seed Marta Kostyuk 3-6 6-1 6-2; Swiatek, a six-time Grand Slam winner, retired to the locker room after Kostyuk broke her serve four times during a shambolic 39-minute opening set, but looked much improved when she returned.
In the men's event in Montreal, British number two Cameron Norrie missed two set-point opportunities as he was defeated 6-2 7-6 (10-8) by 18th seed Arthur Fils. Norrie saved three match points in the second set to force a tie-break, but the Frenchman broke his serve to win in one hour and 43 minutes.
Fils will meet Spanish teenager Rafael Jodar in the quarter-finals after Jodar upset eighth seed Jiri Lehecka 6-3 6-3. Brandon Nakashima and Luciano Darderi also advanced with three-set victories over Arthur Rinderknech and Nuno Borges respectively; Darderi used a mid-match changeover to enjoy an espresso as he battled to a 4-6 6-3 7-5 win.
The results set up Alexandrova v Svitolina for a place in the women's semi-finals and confirm Arthur Fils will face Rafael Jodar in the men's quarter-finals in Montreal.