Canadian Open: Tauson advances to last 16
Clara Tauson beat Yuliia Starodubtseva 6-3, 6-0 on Friday. She’ll face the winner of the match between German Eva Lys and Pole Iga Swiatek, the second seed, in the next round
Dane Clara Tauson, the No 16 seed, won against Ukrainian Yuliia Starodubtseva 6-3, 6-0 to reach the last 16 of the Canadian Open at the IGA Stadium in Montreal on Friday evening.
Tauson, ranked No 19, will face the winner of the match between German Eva Lys and Pole Iga Swiatek, the second seed, next.
Starodubtseva, ranked No 74, defeated Pole Magdalena Frech, the No 21 seed (6-1, 6-1) and edged out Chinese qualifier Yafan Wang (6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4) earlier in the tournament.
Montreal WTA 1000, other third-round results (IGA Stadium, hard, USD 5.152.599, most recent results first):
- Amanda Anisimova vs. Emma Raducanu
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Elina Svitolina
- Eva Lys vs. Iga Swiatek
- Belinda Bencic vs. Karolina Muchova
- Madison Keys vs. Catherine McNally
- Anastasija Sevastova vs. Jessica Pegula
- Naomi Osaka vs. Jelena Ostapenko: friday
- Elena Rybakina (9) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-0, 7-6 (5)
- Dayana Yastremska (30) beat Emma Navarro (8): 7-5, 6-4
- Victoria Mboko (WC) beat Marie Bouzkova: 1-6, 6-3, 6-0
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Aoi Ito (Q): 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Coco Gauff (1) beat Veronika Kudermetova: 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
- McCartney Kessler (28) beat Mirra Andreeva (4): 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Marta Kostyuk (24) beat Daria Kasatkina (15): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Lin Zhu beat Suzan Lamens: 6-2, 6-2
