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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17864948651781786494860613.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">US player Coco Gauff at the 2026 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 9, 2026. Adrian Dennis, AFP/File</span></span></span></div><p>World number four Coco Gauff advanced to the semi-finals of the WTA Toronto Masters by walkover on Tuesday after Belinda Bencic withdrew due to a hip injury, tournament officials announced.</p><p>Gauff, a 22-year-old American, will play Wednesday for a berth in Thursday&#x27;s final against the winner of a match between four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka of Japan and world number two Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan.</p><p>Swiss star Bencic, ranked 14th in the world at age 29, pulled out with the US Open set to start at the end of the month. Bencic has never reached a Grand Slam final.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2026/8/10/alex-eala-ousted-in-toronto-by-bencic-1023">Alex Eala ousted in Toronto by Bencic</a></div><p>Gauff, 6-2 all-time in WTA matches against Bencic, had beaten her this year in the fourth round at Wimbledon and the Miami quarter-finals.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2026/8/10/tennis-bencic-solves-eala-puzzle-embraces-filipino-crowd-in-toronto-1414">Tennis: Bencic solves Eala puzzle, embraces Filipino crowd in Toronto</a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2026/8/10/tennis-alex-eala-cherishes-memories-of-amazing-debut-in-toronto-2130">Tennis: Alex Eala cherishes memories of &#x27;amazing debut&#x27; in Toronto</a><br/><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2026/8/10/alex-eala-on-facing-belinda-bencic-tough-one-today-1334">Alex Eala on facing Belinda Bencic: ‘Tough one today’</a></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/I54bowBGRSU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>World number four Coco Gauff advanced to the semi-finals of the WTA Toronto Masters by walkover on Tuesday after Belinda Bencic withdrew due to a hip injury, tournament officials announced.</p>

World number four Coco Gauff advanced to the semi-finals of the WTA Toronto Masters by walkover on Tuesday after Belinda Bencic withdrew due to a hip injury, tournament officials announced.

Gauff reaches Toronto semis by walkover due to Bencic hip injury

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Gauff reaches Toronto semis by walkover due to Bencic hip injury

Agence France-Presse

Published August 12, 2026 08:36 AM PHT

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