Rybakina comes back from a set down to defeat Ostapenko in Cincinnati second round

Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 4 seed, advanced to the third round of the Western & Southern Open by edging out Latvian Jelena Ostapenko 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-4 at the Linder Tennis Family Center in Cincinnati on Wednesday night.

Rybakina, ranked No 4, will face Italian qualifier Jasmine Paolini next.

Ostapenko, ranked No 20, edged out Karolina Pliskova (1-6, 6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Cincy Open.

Cincinnati WTA 1000, other second-round results:

• Mayar Sherif vs. Coco Gauff
• Donna Vekic vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Ann Li vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Elise Mertens vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Jasmine Paolini beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-1, 6-3
• Linda Noskova (Q) beat Petra Kvitova (9): 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Qinwen Zheng beat Venus Williams (WC): 1-6, 6-2, 6-1
• Karolina Muchova beat Petra Martic: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Maria Sakkari (8) beat Sorana Cirstea: 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Danielle Collins (WC): 6-1, 6-0
• Marketa Vondrousova (10) beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-4, 6-2
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Martina Trevisan (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-3
• Daria Kasatkina (14) beat Varvara Gracheva (LL): 6-3, 6-1
• Sloane Stephens beat Caroline Garcia (6): 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Ons Jabeur (5) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-3, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (2)