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Making her first look since successful Wimbledon 18 days earlier than, No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland breezed previous China’s Guo Hanyu 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday to advance to the third spherical of the National Bank Open in Montreal.
Swiatek wanted simply 72 minutes to assert the victory as she gained 60 % of her service factors and 64 % of Guo’s service factors. Swiatek will face Germany’s Eva Lys within the subsequent spherical as Lys took down No. 27 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia, 6-3, 6-4.
Japan’s Naomi Osaka pulled off the day’s largest upset as she pulled off a 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3 victory over Thirteenth-seeded Liudmila Samsonova of Russia, Osaka fended off two match factors in the course of the second set to show the tide of their match that lasted two hours and 37 minutes.
‘She undoubtedly got here out actually onerous and for me, I used to be undoubtedly overwhelmed. ‘I did not know if I also needs to be hitting winners. But after some time I simply tried to maintain the ball in court docket.’
No. 3 Jessica Pegula, No. 5 Amanda Anisimova, No. 6 Madison Keys, No. 11 Karolina Muchova of Czechia and No. 16 Clara Tauson all gained in straight units, however a complete of seven seeded gamers misplaced in second-round motion on Wednesday.
Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya rallied to defeat Belgium’s Elise Mertens 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Ukraine’s Yuliia Starodubtseva dropped Poland’s Magdalena Frech 6-1, 6-1. Poland’s Magda Linette, the No. 25 seed, misplaced to Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova by a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 rely. Catherine McNally took out No. 31 Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia 6-2, 6-2, whereas Great Britain’s Emma Raducanu dealt with No. 32 Peyton Stearns 6-2, 6-4.
Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic had the duty of battling hometown favourite Eugenie Bouchard, however the No. 17 seed held on for a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 victory over the 31-year-old Canadian.
No. 22 Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia wanted three units to tug off a 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 win over Mexico’s Renata Zarazua. No. 28 McCartney Kessler rallied to defeat Australia’s Maya Joint 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
–Field Level Media