WTA Toronto: Samsonova breezes into round three

Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 6 seed, beat Japanese qualifier Moyuka Uchijima 6-4, 6-2 to reach the last 16 of the WTA National Bank Open  on Thursday.

Samsonova, ranked No 13, will face Belgian Elise Mertens next.

Uchijima, ranked No 63, won against Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (7-6 (4), 6-2) in the previous round of the Rogers Cup.

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

• Anna Kalinskaya (10) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-2, 6-2
• Marta Kostyuk (11) 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
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Katie Boulter
• Peyton Stearns vs. Madison Keys
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Emma Navarro vs. Magda Linette
• Taylor Townsend vs. Marina Stakusic
• Coco Gauff vs. Yafan Wang

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