Western & Southern Open: Paolini overcomes Potapova

Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 5 seed, reached the last 16 of the Western & Southern Open by winning against Russian Anastasia Potapova 7-6 (2), 6-3 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati on Thursday night.

Paolini, ranked No 5, will face Russian Mirra Andreeva next.

Potapova, ranked No 44, defeated Frenchwoman Clara Burel (6-4, 2-6, 6-1) 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
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: thursday
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Magdalena Frech: thursday
• Mirra Andreeva beat Karolina Pliskova: 6-2, 6-3
• 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