Western & Southern Open: Rybakina moves into last 16
Elena Rybakina beat Garbine Muguruza 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday evening. She’ll play American Alison Riske-Amritraj in the next round
Kazakh Elena Rybakina won against Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, the No 8 seed, 6-3, 6-1 to reach the last 16 of the Western & Southern Open at the Linder Tennis Family Center in Cincinnati on Wednesday evening.
Rybakina, ranked No 25, will face American Alison Riske-Amritraj next.
Ahead of her victory, the Kazakh defeated Egyptian Mayar Sherif (6-3, 6-2).
Cincinnati WTA 1000, other second-round results (Linder Tennis Family Center, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):
- Paula Badosa vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Shelby Rogers vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Simona Halep
- Madison Keys vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Iga Swiatek vs. Sloane Stephens: wednesday
- Emma Raducanu (10) beat Victoria Azarenka: 6-0, 6-2
- Elise Mertens beat Karolina Pliskova (14): 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Jessica Pegula (7) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-2
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj
- Shuai Zhang beat Ekaterina Alexandrova: 6-3, 6-4
- Ons Jabeur (5) beat Catherine McNally (WC): 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7)
- Petra Kvitova beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-2, 6-3
- Caroline Garcia (Q) beat Maria Sakkari (4): 7-6 (2), 6-7 (6), 6-1
- Anett Kontaveit (2) beat Tereza Martincova (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
