Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka advanced to the semi-finals of the WTA Canadian Open on Tuesday with a comprhensive 6-2, 6-2 triumph over 10th seed Elina Svitolina.Osaka, chasing her first WTA Tour-level title since the 2021 Australian Open,

The four-time grand slam champion, who won her first title since 2021 earlier this year at L'Open 35 de Saint Malo, is into the last four of the Canadian Open for the first time

It marks Naomi Osaka's first WTA 1000 semi-final since Miami in 2022, as the Japanese former world number one needed just over an hour to secure victory over the 10th seeded Elina Svitolina.