Paolini will face Pegula in round of 16 at Montreal
Jasmine Paolini benefited from the forfeit of Madison Keys on Thursday night and will face American Jessica Pegula, the No 4 seed, in the next round
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Italian Jasmine Paolini reached the last 16 of the Canadian Open after American Madison Keys, the No 13 seed, withdrew before the match on Thursday night at Stade IGA in Montreal.
Paolini, ranked No 49, will play American Jessica Pegula, the No 4 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the Italian beat Croat Donna Vekic (7-6 (3), 6-2).
Keys, ranked No 15, won against wildcard Venus Williams (6-2, 7-5) in the previous round of the Rogers Cup.
Montreal WTA 1000, other second-round results (Stade IGA, hard, USD 2.788.468, most recent results first):
- Petra Kvitova vs. Camila Giorgi
- Petra Martic vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Danielle Collins vs. Maria Sakkari
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Leylah Fernandez: wednesday
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Caroline Wozniacki: wednesday
- Elena Rybakina (3) beat Jennifer Brady: 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Daria Kasatkina (10) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-2, 7-5
- Karolina Muchova (14) beat Sorana Cirstea: 7-5, 6-4
- Liudmila Samsonova (15) beat Qinwen Zheng: 6-3, 6-2
- Jessica Pegula beat Yulia Putintseva (LL): 6-4, 6-4
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Karolina Pliskova: 7-6 (6), 6-2
- Belinda Bencic (12) beat Alycia Parks (Q): 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
- Coco Gauff (6) beat Katie Boulter (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Sloane Stephens
- Marie Bouzkova beat Caroline Garcia (5): 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
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