WTA Toronto: Azarenka ties record for most WTA 1000 hardcourt wins with victory over Minnen

Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 12 seed, beat Belgian qualifier Greet Minnen 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 to reach the last 16 of the WTA National Bank Open at the Aviva Centre on Thursday.

Azarenka, ranked No 19, will play Peyton Stearns next.

Ahead of her victory, the 35-year-old Belarusian won against Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (6-2, 6-2).

This was Azarenka’s 157th win in WTA 1000 series hardcourt events, tying the record with Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki.

Minnen, ranked No 74, won against American Sloane Stephens (6-2, 6-2) in the previous round of the Rogers Cup.

Toronto WTA 1000, other second-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• Elise Mertens beat Naomi Osaka (WC): 6-3, 6-4

• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Yue Yuan: 6-2, 6-2
• Jelena Ostapenko (4) beat Paula Badosa: 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Amanda Anisimova beat Daria Kasatkina (5): 6-4, 6-3
• Katie Boulter beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 1-1 ret.
• Peyton Stearns beat Madison Keys (7): 3-6, 7-5, 3-0 ret.
• Ashlyn Krueger (Q) beat Leylah Fernandez (15): 6-4, 6-2
• Emma Navarro (8) beat Magda Linette: 6-2, 6-4
• Taylor Townsend (LL) beat Marina Stakusic (WC): 6-0, 6-2
• Liudmila Samsonova (6) beat Moyuka Uchijima (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Coco Gauff (1) beat Yafan Wang (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya (10) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-2, 6-2
• Marta Kostyuk (11) beat Elina Svitolina: 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
• Diana Shnaider (14) beat Magdalena Frech: 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Karolina Pliskova: 7-5, 6-4

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