WTA Toronto: Minnen beats former US Open champ Stephens to reach second round
The Belgian qualifier will play Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 12 seed, in the next round
Greet Minnen (Photo News / Panoramic)
Belgian qualifier Greet Minnen advanced to the second round of the WTA National Bank Open by beating former US Open champion Sloane Stephens 6-2, 6-2 at the Aviva Centre in Toronto on Tuesday.
Minnen, ranked No 74 in the world, will face Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 12 seed, next.
Toronto WTA 1000, other first-round matches (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 3,211,715):
- Anna Kalinskaya (10) beat Louisa Chirico (Q): 6-2, 6-3
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Bianca Andreescu (WC): 0-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Taylor Townsend (LL) beat Dayana Yastremska (16): 6-3, 3-1 ret.
- Karolina Pliskova beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-4, 7-6 (10)
- Victoria Azarenka beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-2, 6-2
- Yafan Wang (Q) beat Sofia Kenin: 7-5, 7-6 (3)
- Elina Svitolina beat Shelby Rogers: 6-0, 6-2
- Moyuka Uchijima (Q) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Magdalena Frech beat Anastasia Potapova: 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
- Marta Kostyuk (11) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-0, 6-2
- Shuai Zhang vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Bernarda Pera vs. Katie Boulter
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Yue Yuan
- Magda Linette vs. Rebecca Marino
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Ons Jabeur vs. Naomi Osaka
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Erika Andreeva vs. Marina Stakusic
- Anna Blinkova vs. Peyton Stearns
- Harriet Dart vs. Diana Shnaider
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Paula Badosa vs. Clara Tauson
- Elise Mertens vs. Katie Volynets
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