Putintseva moves into last 16 at Toronto as Badosa retires due to injury
Yulia Putintseva won against Paula Badosa 7-5, 1-0 on Wednesday evening. She’ll face American Alison Riske-Amritraj in the next round
Paula Badosa battles in North American heat | © Zuma / Panoramic
Kazakh Yulia Putintseva won against Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 4 seed, 7-5, 1-0 to reach the last 16 of the National Bank Open at the Aviva Centre in Toronto on Wednesday evening.
Putintseva, ranked No 46, will play American Alison Riske-Amritraj next.
Ahead of her victory, the Kazakh edged out Canadian wildcard Katherine Sebov (3-6, 6-2, 7-5).
Toronto WTA 1000, other second-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Alize Cornet
- Belinda Bencic vs. Serena Williams
- Kaia Kanepi vs. Garbine Muguruza
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Ons Jabeur
- Jil Teichmann vs. Anett Kontaveit: wednesday
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo: wednesday
- Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Leylah Fernandez (13): 7-6 (4), 6-1
- Simona Halep (15) beat Shuai Zhang: 6-4, 6-2
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Ajla Tomljanovic (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Jessica Pegula (7) beat Asia Muhammad (Q): 6-2, 7-5
- Alison Riske-Amritraj beat Jelena Ostapenko (16): 7-6 (2), 0-6, 7-5
- Coco Gauff (10) beat Elena Rybakina: 6-4, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (3)
- Camila Giorgi beat Elise Mertens: 6-3, 7-5
- Karolina Pliskova (14) beat Amanda Anisimova: 6-1, 6-1
- Maria Sakkari (3) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
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