Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, Naomi Osaka found some form in Montreal as a home ...

Osaka's 6-1, 6-0 win over Anastasija Sevastova sees her advance to the last eight of a WTA 1000 event for the first time in 19 months. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Osaka — who is a former world No 1 — started the Canadian Open ranked 49th, and she has jumped 15 places to 34th in the live rankings with the 215 points she has gained. This has put her firmly in ...

Since her title in Rouen last April, Svitolina has been delivering strong performances on the women's tour. A semifinalist in ...