Bencic is the last to book spot in quarter-finals at Toronto

Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 12 seed, defeated Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, the No 8 seed, 6-1, 6-3 to move into the quarter-finals of the National Bank Open at the Aviva Centre in Toronto on Thursday night.

Bencic, ranked No 12, will face Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia next.

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In the previous rounds of the Canadian Open, she won against Czech qualifier Tereza Martincova (6-4, 6-2) and American Serena Williams (6-2, 6-4).

Muguruza, ranked No 8, beat Estonian Kaia Kanepi (6-4, 6-4).

Toronto WTA 1000, third round results (draw order) :

• Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Iga Swiatek (1): 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
• Belinda Bencic (12) – Muguruza (8) : 6-1, 6-3
• —————
• Karolina Pliskova (14) beat Maria Sakkari (3): 6-1, 6-7 (9), 6-3
• Qinwen Zheng beat Bianca Andreescu: 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
• —————
• Jessica Pegula (7) beat Camila Giorgi: 3-6, 6-0, 7-5
• Yulia Putintseva beat Alison Riske-Amritraj: 6-3, 7-5
• —————
• Coco Gauff (10) beat Aryna Sabalenka (6): 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (4)
• Simona Halep (15) beat Jil Teichmann: 6-2, 7-5

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