Townsend on another run, advances to last 16 with upset of Kasatkina in Cincinnati

American qualifier Taylor Townsend advanced to the last 16 of the Western & Southern Open by winning against Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 9 seed, 6-1, 2-6, 6-1 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati on Thursday.

Townsend, ranked No 53, will play the winner of the match between American Jessica Pegula, the No 6 seed, and Karolina Muchova next.

Ahead of her victory, the American edged out wildcard Caroline Dolehide (3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7)).

Kasatkina, ranked No 12, beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (6-4, 6-2) in the previous round of the Cincy Open.

Cincinnati WTA 1000, other second-round results (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• Jessica Pegula vs. Karolina Muchova
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Magdalena Frech
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Karolina Pliskova
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Paula Badosa: thursday
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Coco Gauff: thursday
• Liudmila Samsonova (10) beat Magda Linette: 7-6 (10), 6-1
• Aryna Sabalenka (3) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-3, 6-4
• Diana Shnaider beat Ashlyn Krueger (Q): 7-5, 6-0
• Leylah Fernandez beat Elena Rybakina (4): 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Elina Avanesyan (LL) beat Jelena Ostapenko (8): 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Elina Svitolina beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (LL): 6-4, 6-1
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Varvara Gracheva (Q): 6-0, 6-7 (8), 6-2
• Marta Kostyuk (15) beat Lulu Sun (Q): 6-3, 7-5