Amanda Anisimova cruised to a 2-0 victory in just 64 minutes, beating Emma Raducana with a flurry of clean shots and relentless pressure; The US Open will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+, as well as streaming service NOW and the Sky Sports app, from August 24.
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Watch highlights from Emma Raducanu's straight-set victory over Wimbledon finalist Amanda Anisimova at the National Bank Open in Montreal.
Emma Raducanu is eliminated from the National Bank Open in Montreal after losing 6-2, 6-1 to top seed Amanda Anisimova of the United States.
Raducanu has won both of her previous encounters but is unlikely to extend her streak as she only managed to hold her serve once in both sets.
Now the British tennis player will have some time to rest before the tournament in Cincinnati, where she will be seeded and start from the first round.
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Anisimova trailed 40-15 and broke Raducanu's serve in the second game of the match, and although the UK No. 1 immediately made a break back, she failed to create another break point in the match.
Anisimova made another break, bringing the score to 3:1, and added a third break, completing the set.
Her dominance continued in the second set, with Raducanu winning just eight points on her serve to avoid a clean sheet after losing the first five games before Anisimova served for a place in the fourth round.
Breakup
Anisimova scored 29 winning points on the night, making 25 unforced errors, while Raducanu managed just five winning points against 22 unforced errors.
Anisimova, currently ranked No. 7 in the world, has won 14 of her last 17 matches since the start of the grass-court season, and this victory was her 29th in a row where she has won the first set.
In the 1/8 finals, she will face 10th seed Elina Svitolina and Anna Kalinska.
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Watch the highlights of the WTA match between Eva Lis and Iga Swiatek at the National Bank Open
Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek needed just over an hour to secure a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Germany's Eva Lis, but Jessica Pegula's bid for a third straight Montreal title was ended by world No. 386 Anastasija Sevastova .
The Latvian tennis player, former world No. 11, who was on maternity leave for a long time and had a torn anterior cruciate ligament, beat the third seed with a score of 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.
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