Western & Southern Open: Vondrousova makes round of 16, faces Stephens next

No 10 seed Marketa Vondrousova advanced to the third round of the Western & Southern Open by winning against Russian Anastasia Potapova 6-4, 6-2 at the Linder Tennis Family Center in Cincinnati on Wednesday evening.

Vondrousova, ranked No 10, will face American Sloane Stephens next.

Marketa Vondrousova defeated Katerina Siniakova (7-5, 6-4) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Cincy Open, Potapova, ranked No 27, edged out Swiss wildcard Celine Naef (1-6, 6-4, 7-5).

Cincinnati WTA 1000, other second-round results (Linder Tennis Family Center, hard, USD 2.788.468, most recent results first):

• 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
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Petra Kvitova vs. Linda Noskova
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Venus Williams
• Petra Martic vs. Karolina Muchova
• Iga Swiatek vs. Danielle Collins
• Maria Sakkari vs. Sorana Cirstea
• 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)