Canadian Open: Plíšková advances to quarterfinals, Kvitová eliminated

Czech tennis player Karolína Plíšková, a Wimbledon finalist this year, has reached the Canadian Open quarterfinals after defeating the American Amanda Anisimova in two sets (6-1, 7-6).

Plíšková next faces the Spaniard Sara Sorribes, who eliminated another Czech, Kateřina Siniaková, in three sets in the previous round. Petra Kvitová, the world no.11, fell to the Italian Camilla Giorgi in straight sets.