WTA Toronto: Stearns victorious over Blinkova
Peyton Stearns beat Anna Blinkova (6-4 6-3) on Wednesday afternoon and will play No 7 seed Madison Keys in the next round
Peyton Stearns, Berlin 2023
American Peyton Stearns defeated Russian Anna Blinkova (6-4, 6-3) to reach the second round of the WTA National Bank Open at the Aviva Centre on Wednesday afternoon, producing a remarkable 12 break points in the process.
Stearns, ranked No 53 in the world, will face No 7 seed Madison Keys next, on Thursday, in what is sure to be a tough test.
WTA National Bank Open, other first-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):
- Shuai Zhang vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Bernarda Pera vs. Katie Boulter
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Yue Yuan
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Magda Linette vs. Rebecca Marino
- Ons Jabeur vs. Naomi Osaka
- Harriet Dart vs. Diana Shnaider: wednesday
- Erika Andreeva vs. Marina Stakusic: wednesday
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Marie Bouzkova: wednesday
- Paula Badosa beat Clara Tauson: 6-1, 6-4
- Elise Mertens beat Katie Volynets (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Greet Minnen (Q) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-2, 6-2
- 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 (12) 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
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