Bouzkova beats Montreal champion Pegula in Cincinnati third round
There will be no back-to-back Premier 1000 titles for Jessica Pegula, as the Montreal winner lost to Marie Bouzkova during third-round competition in Cincinnati.
Marie Bouzkova
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Marie Bouzkova moved into the quarter-finals at the Western & Southern Open by beating American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, 6-4, 6-0 on Thursday evening.
Bouzkova, ranked No 35, will face Karolina Muchova next.
Bouzkova beat Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu (6-2, 6-2) and Belgian Elise Mertens (6-2, 4-6, 6-1) ahead of her victory.
Coming off a title in Montreal, Pegula opened in Cincinnati by beating Martina Trevisan (6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-3).
Cincinnati WTA 1000, other third-round results:
- Linda Noskova vs. Coco Gauff
- Ons Jabeur (5) beat Donna Vekic: 5-2 ret.
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Jasmine Paolini (Q) beat Elena Rybakina (4): 4-6, 5-2 ret.
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Qinwen Zheng: 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
- Karolina Muchova beat Maria Sakkari (8): 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
- Marketa Vondrousova (10) beat Sloane Stephens: 7-5, 6-3
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