National Bank Open: Riske-Amritraj reaches last 16
Alison Riske-Amritraj edged out Jelena Ostapenko 7-6 (2), 0-6, 7-5 on Wednesday evening. She’ll play the winner of the match between Kazakh Yulia Putintseva and Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 4 seed, in the next round
American Alison Riske-Amritraj edged out Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 16 seed, 7-6 (2), 0-6, 7-5 to advance to the last 16 of the National Bank Open at the Aviva Centre in Toronto on Wednesday evening.
Riske-Amritraj, ranked No 35, will face the winner of the match between Kazakh Yulia Putintseva and Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 4 seed, next.
The American won against Czech Petra Kvitova (6-2, 4-6, 6-3) in the previous round of the Canadian Open.
In the previous round of the Canadian Open, Ostapenko, ranked No 16, beat Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina (6-4, 6-2).
Toronto WTA 1000, other second-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Alize Cornet
- Belinda Bencic vs. Serena Williams
- Kaia Kanepi vs. Garbine Muguruza
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Ons Jabeur
- Jil Teichmann vs. Anett Kontaveit
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Paula Badosa
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Leylah Fernandez: wednesday
- Simona Halep vs. Shuai Zhang: wednesday
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Ajla Tomljanovic (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Jessica Pegula vs. Asia Muhammad: wednesday
- Coco Gauff (10) beat Elena Rybakina: 6-4, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (3)
- Camila Giorgi beat Elise Mertens: 6-3, 7-5
- Karolina Pliskova (14) beat Amanda Anisimova: 6-1, 6-1
- Maria Sakkari (3) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
