Kasatkina defeats Mertens in Montreal

No 10 seed Daria Kasatkina reached the last 16 of the Canadian Open by beating Anna Blinkova 6-2, 7-5 at Stade IGA in Montreal on Wednesday evening.

Kasatkina, ranked No 14, will face Marie Bouzkova next.

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In the previous round of the Rogers Cup, Daria Kasatkina won against Belgian Elise Mertens (6-4, 6-2).

Blinkova, ranked No 34, won against Chinese Shuai Zhang (4-6, 6-2, 6-3) during the first round of the Rogers Cup.

Montreal WTA 1000, other second-round results (Stade IGA, hard, USD 2.788.468, most recent results first):

• Petra Kvitova vs. Camila Giorgi
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Madison Keys
• Petra Martic vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Danielle Collins vs. Maria Sakkari
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Caroline Wozniacki
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Jennifer Brady vs. Elena Rybakina: wednesday
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Karolina Muchova: wednesday
• Liudmila Samsonova (15) beat Qinwen Zheng: 6-3, 6-2
• Jessica Pegula (4) beat Yulia Putintseva (LL): 6-4, 6-4
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Karolina Pliskova: 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Belinda Bencic (12) beat Alycia Parks (Q): 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
• Coco Gauff (6) beat Katie Boulter (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Sloane Stephens
• Marie Bouzkova beat Caroline Garcia (5): 6-4, 4-6, 6-2