National Bank Open: Pliskova advances to second round, defeating Krejcikova
Karolina Pliskova beat Barbora Krejcikova 6-3, 6-4 on Monday evening. She’ll face the winner of the match between American Amanda Anisimova and Canadian wildcard Carol Zhao in the next round
Tennis – WTA Tour Finals – Panamerican Tennis Center, Guadalajara, Mexico – November 14, 2021 Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova reacts during her group stage match against Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova || 212733_0019
No 14 seed Karolina Pliskova reached the second round of the National Bank Open by winning against Barbora Krejcikova 6-3, 6-4 at the Aviva Centre in Toronto on Monday.
Pliskova, ranked No 14, will face the winner of the match between American Amanda Anisimova and Canadian wildcard Carol Zhao next.
Toronto WTA 1000, other first-round matches (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 2.527.250)
- Jil Teichmann vs. Venus Williams
- Shuai Zhang vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Madison Brengle vs. Coco Gauff
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Claire Liu
- Camila Giorgi vs. Emma Raducanu
- Anna Bondar vs. Elise Mertens
- Rebecca Marino vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Amanda Anisimova vs. Carol Zhao
- Kaia Kanepi vs. Naomi Osaka
- Belinda Bencic vs. Tereza Martincova
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Storm Sanders vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Katherine Sebov vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Petra Kvitova vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj
- Alize Cornet vs. Caroline Garcia
- Asia Muhammad vs. Madison Keys
- Sloane Stephens vs. Sofia Kenin
- Jelena Ostapenko (16) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-4, 6-2
- Serena Williams beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (LL): 6-3, 6-4
- Simona Halep (15) beat Donna Vekic (LL): 6-0, 6-2
- Elena Rybakina beat Marie Bouzkova (Q): 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-1
- Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
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