BBC Sport · Aug 6, 2025
Tauson beats Keys for second successive top-10 victory
Image caption, Clara Tauson has beaten world top-10 players in her past two matches at the Canadian OpenClara Tauson reached the last four of the Canadian open by beating American Madison Keys 6-1 6-4 on Tuesday to reach just the second WTA 1000 semi of her career.
Danish player Tauson, seeded 16th in Montreal, secured another major scalp after beating second seed Iga Swiatek in the previous round.
Upon defeating sixth seed Keys, the 22-year-old revealed she had done so while dealing with personal tragedy.
"Two days ago, my grandfather unfortunately passed away - so I really wanted to win for him today," Tauson said after the match.