Rybakina survives Brady to reach round of 16 in Montreal

Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 3 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Canadian Open by defeating American Jennifer Brady 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-3 at Stade IGA in Montreal on Wednesday evening.

The contest, held over due to rain last night with Brady leading 4-2 in the opening set tiebreak, lasted two hours and 46 minutes.

Adapt and overcome 🫡

Elena Rybakina outlasts a resurgent Brady 6-7, 7-6, 6-3 over two days to get off to a winning start in Montreal!#NBO23 pic.twitter.com/q4KQ5Qz7v3

— Omnium Banque Nationale (@OBNmontreal) August 9, 2023

Third-seeded Rybakina hit 44 winners against 19 for the American as she rebounded from a set down to improve to 36-9 on the season (with five titles).

Rybakina, ranked No 4, will face American Sloane Stephens next.

In the previous round of the Rogers Cup, Jennifer Brady edged out Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (7-6 (7), 0-6, 7-6 (8)).

Montreal WTA 1000, other second-round results (Stade IGA, hard, USD 2.788.468, most recent results first):

• Petra Kvitova vs. Camila Giorgi
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Madison Keys
• Petra Martic vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Danielle Collins vs. Maria Sakkari
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Caroline Wozniacki: wednesday
• Daria Kasatkina (10) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-2, 7-5
• Karolina Muchova (14) beat Sorana Cirstea: 7-5, 6-4
• Liudmila Samsonova (15) beat Qinwen Zheng: 6-3, 6-2
• Jessica Pegula (4) beat Yulia Putintseva (LL): 6-4, 6-4
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Karolina Pliskova: 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Belinda Bencic (12) beat Alycia Parks (Q): 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
• Coco Gauff (6) beat Katie Boulter (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Sloane Stephens
• Marie Bouzkova beat Caroline Garcia (5): 6-4, 4-6, 6-2