WTA Toronto: Impressive Townsend breezes past Ostapenko to reach quarter-finals
Taylor Townsend beat Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 6-1 and will face the winner of the match between Emma Navarro and Marta Kostyuk in the next round
Taylor Townsend, Toronto, 2024 © Icon SMI / Panoramic
American lucky loser Taylor Townsend moved into the last eight of the National Bank Open by beating Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 4 seed, 6-2, 6-1 at the Aviva Centre.
Townsend, ranked No 71, will face the winner of the match between American Emma Navarro, the No 8 seed, and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 11 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the American benefited from the abandonment of Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 16 seed (6-3, 3-1) and won against Canadian wildcard Marina Stakusic (6-0, 6-2).
Ostapenko, ranked No 11, defeated Spaniard Paula Badosa (3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2) in the previous round of the Rogers Cup.
Toronto WTA 1000, other last-16 results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):
- Katie Boulter vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Coco Gauff vs. Diana Shnaider
- Elise Mertens vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Peyton Stearns
- Amanda Anisimova vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Jessica Pegula vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Emma Navarro vs. Marta Kostyuk: friday
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