Western & Southern Open: Andreeva reaches last 16

Russian Mirra Andreeva beat Karolina Pliskova 6-2, 6-3 to move into the last 16 of the Western & Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati on Thursday evening.

Andreeva, ranked No 24, will face the winner of the match between Russian Anastasia Potapova and Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 5 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the 17-year-old Russian won against American Emma Navarro, the No 11 seed (6-2, 6-2).

Pliskova, ranked No 45, defeated Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)) in the previous round of the Cincy Open.

Cincinnati WTA 1000, other second-round results (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• Jessica Pegula vs. Karolina Muchova
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Magdalena Frech
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Paula Badosa beat Anna Kalinskaya (13): 6-3, 6-2
• Yulia Putintseva beat Coco Gauff (2): 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Daria Kasatkina (9): 6-1, 2-6, 6-1
• Liudmila Samsonova (10) beat Magda Linette: 7-6 (10), 6-1
• Aryna Sabalenka (3) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-3, 6-4
• Diana Shnaider beat Ashlyn Krueger (Q): 7-5, 6-0
• Leylah Fernandez beat Elena Rybakina (4): 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Elina Avanesyan (LL) beat Jelena Ostapenko (8): 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Elina Svitolina beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (LL): 6-4, 6-1
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Varvara Gracheva (Q): 6-0, 6-7 (8), 6-2
• Marta Kostyuk (15) beat Lulu Sun (Q): 6-3, 7-5