Naomi Osaka cruises into Canadian Open quarters after beating Anastasija Sevastova

    Naomi Osaka cruised into the quarterfinals at the Canadian Open after a 6-1, 6-0 demolition of Anastasija Sevastova in a match that lasted just 49 minutes.

    Osaka Naomi reacts during the women's singles first round match between Osaka Naomi of Japan and Caroline Garcia of France at the Australian Open Osaka Naomi reacts during the women's singles first round match between Osaka Naomi of Japan and Caroline Garcia of France at the Australian Open

    After the 386th-ranked Sevastova held serve in the second game, Osaka won 11 straight games to storm into the last eight.

    The Japanese star began working with Iga Swiatek's former coach Tomasz Wiktorowski ahead of Montreal, having recently split with Patrick Mouratoglou.

    Osaka — who is a former world No 1 — started the Canadian Open ranked 49th, and she has jumped 15 places to 34th in the live rankings with the 215 points she has gained. This has put her firmly in contention to be seeded at the US Open.

    The Japanese star will face world No 13 Elina Svitolina in the quarter-finals in Montreal, and victory would take her to 29th in the live rankings.

    Svitolina, who saw off Amanda Anisimova 6-4, 6-1 in the fourth round, looked ahead to her showdown with Osaka.

    "(Osaka is) another big striker. It was a good practice for me today to play against Amanda. For now it’s all about recovery, resting my mind and body, and being ready for a big battle," said the Ukrainian.

    "It was a great performance from me tonight. I'm happy I could play well and move well because Amanda is such a big striker. I had to be physically strong. Very happy I could do it well today."