Putintseva moves into last 16 at Toronto as Badosa retires due to injury

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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