Sakkari overcomes Cirstea in second round of Western & Southern Open
Maria Sakkari edged out Sorana Cirstea 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday evening. She’ll face the winner of the match between Croat Petra Martic and Karolina Muchova in the next round.
Maria Sakkari at the National Bank Open in Canada
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Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 8 seed, edged out Romanian Sorana Cirstea (2-6, 6-3, 7-5) to advance to the third round of the Western & Southern Open at the Linder Tennis Family Center in Cincinnati on Wednesday evening.
Sakkari, ranked No 8, will play the winner of the match between Croat Petra Martic and Karolina Muchova next.
In the previous round of the Cincy Open, Cirstea, ranked No 31, won against Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (6-0, 6-2).
Cincinnati WTA 1000, other second-round results:
- Mayar Sherif vs. Coco Gauff
- Ann Li vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Donna Vekic vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Elise Mertens vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Elena Rybakina vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Petra Kvitova vs. Linda Noskova
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Venus Williams: wednesday
- Petra Martic vs. Karolina Muchova: wednesday
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Danielle Collins (WC): 6-1, 6-0
- Marketa Vondrousova (10) beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-4, 6-2
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Martina Trevisan (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-3
- Daria Kasatkina (14) beat Varvara Gracheva (LL): 6-3, 6-1
- Sloane Stephens beat Caroline Garcia (6): 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Ons Jabeur (5) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-3, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (2)
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