WTA Toronto: 8th seed Navarro eases past Linette

American Emma Navarro, the No 8 seed, moved into the last 16 of the WTA National Bank Open by beating Pole Magda Linette 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday late afternoon

Navarro, ranked No 15, will face No 11 seed Marta Kostyuk next.

Linette, ranked No 43, won against Canadian wildcard Rebecca Marino (6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the WTA National Bank Open.

WTA National Bank Open, other second-round matches (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• Katie Boulter beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 1-1 ret.
• Peyton Stearns vs. Madison Keys: thursday
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Leylah Fernandez: thursday
• Taylor Townsend (LL) beat Marina Stakusic (WC): 6-0, 6-2
• Liudmila Samsonova (6) beat Moyuka Uchijima (Q): 6-4, 6-2

• Coco Gauff (1) beat Yafan Wang (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya (10) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-2, 6-2
• Marta Kostyuk beat Elina Svitolina: 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
• Diana Shnaider (14) beat Magdalena Frech: 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Karolina Pliskova: 7-5, 6-4
• Naomi Osaka vs. Elise Mertens
• Yue Yuan vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Greet Minnen
• Paula Badosa vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Amanda Anisimova

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