Naomi Osaka says she hopes her recent form carries over as the WTA 1000 tournament in Canada moves from Montreal to Toronto. The four-time Grand Slam champion is coming off a semifinal run on the hard courts of Washington, where she lost to Alexandra Eala of the Philippines. Osaka also points to earlier progress during the season, noting she did “better than last year” in Washington/D.C. as she looks to keep improving.
In discussing the Toronto leg, Osaka references her performance in Montreal last year, when she reached the final and finished runner-up to Victoria Mboko. She adds that she does not typically perform as strongly in Toronto, and she is aiming to change that this year. Osaka’s best past result in Toronto is a quarter-final appearance in 2019, and she says she wants to treat Toronto and Montreal as separate events rather than assuming one city’s results will automatically translate to the other. Her comments indicate she is using the Canadian stop as part of her broader build toward the US Open.
