Canadian Open: Paolini out! Ito books spot in third round

Japanese qualifier Aoi Ito edged out Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 7 seed, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5) to move into the third round of the Canadian Open at the IGA Stadium in Montreal on Tuesday evening.

Paolini was leading 6-2, 4-1 and missed one match point at 5-4 in the second set.

Ito, ranked No 105, will face Jessica Bouzas Maneiro next, who defeated Ashlyn Krueger, the No 26 seed. Ahead of her victory, the 21-year-old Japanese won against American qualifier Katie Volynets (6-2, 2-6, 6-2).

Montreal WTA 1000, other second-round results (IGA Stadium, hard, USD 5.152.599, most recent results first):

• Sofia Kenin vs. Victoria Mboko
• Hanyu Guo vs. Iga Swiatek
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Eva Lys
• Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Magdalena Frech
• Clara Tauson vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Antonia Ruzic vs. Karolina Muchova
• Belinda Bencic vs. Eugenie Bouchard

• Catherine McNally vs. Rebecca Sramkova
• Madison Keys vs. Laura Siegemund
• Maria Sakkari vs. Jessica Pegula
• Magda Linette vs. Anastasija Sevastova
• Renata Zarazua vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Naomi Osaka
• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Elina Svitolina
• Elise Mertens vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Emma Raducanu vs. Peyton Stearns
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Lulu Sun
• Maya Joint vs. McCartney Kessler
• Suzan Lamens vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Coco Gauff vs. Danielle Collins
• Elena Rybakina vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Lin Zhu
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Diana Shnaider: tuesday
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: tuesday
• Veronika Kudermetova beat Olga Danilovic (29): 6-4, 6-2
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Linda Noskova (20): 6-3, 6-4
• Mirra Andreeva (4) beat Bianca Andreescu (WC): W/O
• Marta Kostyuk (24) beat Marketa Vondrousova: 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Emma Navarro (8) beat Rebecca Marino (WC): 6-1, 6-2
• Dayana Yastremska (30) beat Camila Osorio: 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Daria Kasatkina (15) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-1, 6-4