Camila Giorgi secured a surprise victory at the Omnium Banque Nationale tournament in Montreal (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)
Camila Giorgi secured a surprise victory over Karolina Pliskova to take the title at the Omnium Banque Nationale tournament in Montreal.
The match lasted an hour and 40 minutes, with the unseeded Italian Giorgi taking it in straight sets 6-3 7-5 to claim the third WTA 1000 trophy of her career.
It is also Giorgi’s first tour victory since 2019 and the first on outdoor hard court, but it was Pliskova’s third final defeat of the season, after losses in Rome and at Wimbledon.
World No 74 Giorgi upset four seeded players – Elise Mertens, Petra Kvitova and Coco Gauff as well as Pliskova – en route to becoming the lowest-ranked champion in Canada since 80th-ranked Serena Williams took the title in 2011.
She also dropped just one set across the week, to Jessica Pegula in the semi-finals.
Daniil Medvedev secured his fourth ATP Masters 1000 crown with a straight-sets victory over American Reilly Opelka in the National Bank Open in Toronto.
The 25-year-old became the first Russian champion at the tournament since Marat Safin in 2000.
