WTA Toronto: Kostyuk overcomes Svitolina in three sets

No 11 seed Marta Kostyuk defeated Elina Svitolina 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 to advance to the last 16 of the WTA National Bank Open on Thursday afternoon breaking Svitolina’s serve four times on her way to the victory.

Kostyuk, ranked No 20, will play American Emma Navarro, the No 8 seed, next.

Earlier in the tournament, Marta Kostyuk won against German Tatjana Maria (6-0, 6-2).

Svitolina, ranked No 34, won against American Shelby Rogers (6-0, 6-2) in the previous round of the Rogers Cup.

Toronto WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 3,211,715):

• Anna Kalinskaya (10) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-2, 6-2
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Karolina Pliskova: 7-5, 6-4
• Naomi Osaka vs. Elise Mertens
• Yue Yuan vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Greet Minnen
• Paula Badosa vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Katie Boulter
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Peyton Stearns vs. Madison Keys
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Taylor Townsend vs. Marina Stakusic
• Emma Navarro vs. Magda Linette
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Coco Gauff vs. Yafan Wang
• Magdalena Frech vs. Diana Shnaider

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