NEW YORK, August 8. /TASS/. Russia’s Lyudmila Samsonova defeated Maya Joint of Australia in the third round of the 2026 WTA Toronto Open tennis tournament in Canada.

Unseeded Samsonova, who plays under neutral status internationally, defeated Joint 7:5, 6:7 (3:7), 6:2.

In the next round, she will face Yelena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, seeded second.

Samsonova, 27, is currently ranked 55th in the Women’s Tennis Association Rankings (WTA) and has five career WTA titles. Playing on the Grand Slam circuit, she has made it as far as Round 4 (2021 Wimbledon and 2022, 2024 US Open). In 2021, she won the Billie Jean King Cup as part of the Russian national team.