National Bank Open: Putintseva makes quarter-finals
Yulia Putintseva won against Alison Riske-Amritraj 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday evening. She’ll play American Jessica Pegula, the No 7 seed, in the next round
Kazakh Yulia Putintseva moved into the last eight of the National Bank Open by winning against American Alison Riske-Amritraj 6-3, 7-5 at the Aviva Centre in Toronto on Thursday evening.
Putintseva, ranked No 46, will face American Jessica Pegula, the No 7 seed, next.
The Kazakh edged out Canadian wildcard Katherine Sebov (3-6, 6-2, 7-5) and benefited from the abandonment of Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 4 seed (7-5, 1-0) ahead of her victory.
Earlier in the tournament, Riske-Amritraj, ranked No 35, beat Czech Petra Kvitova (6-2, 4-6, 6-3) and edged out Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 16 seed (7-6 (2), 0-6, 7-5).
Toronto WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):
- Belinda Bencic vs. Garbine Muguruza
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Maria Sakkari vs. Karolina Pliskova
- Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Iga Swiatek (1): 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
- Jessica Pegula beat Camila Giorgi: 3-6, 6-0, 7-5
- Simona Halep (15) beat Jil Teichmann: 6-2, 7-5
- Coco Gauff (10) beat Aryna Sabalenka (6): 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (4)
