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American Pegula has an excellent record in Canada – she was on an 11-match winning run in Montreal.
But she was shocked by world number 386 Sevastova who, like Osaka, returned from maternity leave in early 2024.
This was the 35-year-old’s first win over an opponent ranked in the WTA top five since beating Karolina Pliskova in 2017.
There was no hint of an upset when Pegula broke her in the opening game and again to love to claim the first set.
But a forehand winner earned Sevastova a break for a 5-4 lead in the second set and she denied Pegula three chances to break for a crucial hold to force a decider.
And when Pegula sent a down-the-line forehand wide to surrender a break and hand Sevastova a 2-1 lead, the Latvian did not let the momentum go.
She swept up the remaining games, including two further breaks, to claim a remarkable win in one hour and 41 minutes.
“It was a weird match for me,” said Pegula. “I felt like I had total control and then I just played a couple of terrible games for, like three games.
“That totally flipped the momentum of the match, and I went from being up a set and 2-0 to being down very quickly.
“I don’t really feel like I’m playing great tennis. At times I am, but I feel very up and down, kind of sloppy, which I don’t like. I’ve got to figure it out.”
Jelena Dokic says her grief is “difficult and complicated” after announcing the death of her estranged father and former coach, Damir.
Former world number four Dokic, who retired in 2014, revealed in 2017 she had suffered years of mental and physical abuse from her father.
Damir was banned from all WTA Tour events for six months in 2000 after he became abusive in the players’ lounge during the US Open.
He was also jailed in 2009 for threatening the Australian ambassador in Serbia with a hand grenade
Dokic, who reached the Wimbledon semi-finals as a 17-year-old in 2000, had been estranged from her father for 10 years.
Underneath an Instagram post of her father and herself as a small child, Australia’s Dokic wrote: “As you know my relationship with my father has been difficult and painful with a lot of history.
“Despite everything and no matter how hard, difficult and in the last 10 years even non-existent our relationship and communication was, it is never easy losing a parent and a father, even one you are estranged from.
“The loss of an estranged parent comes with a difficult and complicated grief.”