Haddad Maia takes out Fernandez at Toronto

Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia advanced to the last 16 of the National Bank Open by winning against Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 13 seed, 7-6 (4), 6-1 at the Aviva Centre in Toronto on Wednesday evening.

Haddad Maia, ranked No 24, will play Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, next. It will be the 26-year-old’s first ever contest against a reigning world No 1 – she is 4-6 lifetime against the top-10.

The Brazilian defeated Italian Martina Trevisan (6-2, 2-6, 6-2) in her first match at Toronto. She entered the event on a three-match losing streak after her 12-match winning streak was snapped at Eastbourne.

In the previous round of the Canadian Open, Fernandez, ranked No 13, beat Australian qualifier Storm Sanders (6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3).

Toronto WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):

• Bianca Andreescu vs. Alize Cornet
• Belinda Bencic vs. Serena Williams
• Kaia Kanepi vs. Garbine Muguruza
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Ons Jabeur
• Jil Teichmann vs. Anett Kontaveit: wednesday
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo: wednesday
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Paula Badosa: wednesday
• Simona Halep (15) beat Shuai Zhang: 6-4, 6-2
• Iga Swiatek beat Ajla Tomljanovic (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Jessica Pegula (7) beat Asia Muhammad (Q): 6-2, 7-5
• Alison Riske-Amritraj beat Jelena Ostapenko (16): 7-6 (2), 0-6, 7-5
• Coco Gauff (10) beat Elena Rybakina: 6-4, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (3)
• Camila Giorgi beat Elise Mertens: 6-3, 7-5
• Karolina Pliskova (14) beat Amanda Anisimova: 6-1, 6-1
• Maria Sakkari (3) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-2, 4-6, 6-2

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