Western & Southern Open: Putintseva reaches last 16

Kazakh Yulia Putintseva edged out American Coco Gauff, the second seed, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to advance to the last 16 of the Western & Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati on Thursday evening.

Putintseva, ranked No 33, will face Spaniard Paula Badosa next.

Ahead of her victory, the Kazakh won against qualifier Harriet Dart (4-6, 6-0, 6-1).

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
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Karolina Pliskova: thursday
• Paula Badosa beat Anna Kalinskaya (13): 6-3, 6-2
• 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