WTA Toronto: Home favourite Stakusic overcomes Andreeva
Marina Stakusic edged out Erika Andreeva (6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4) on Wednesday afternoon. She’ll face American lucky loser Taylor Townsend next.
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The crowd were delighted to a big victory in the form of Canadian wildcard Marina Stakusic edging out Russian qualifier Erika Andreeva (6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4) to move into the second round of the WTA National Bank Open at the Aviva Centre on Wednesday.
Stakusic, ranked No 160, will face American lucky loser Taylor Townsend next.
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
- Ons Jabeur vs. Naomi Osaka
- Magda Linette vs. Rebecca Marino
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Amanda Anisimova: wednesday
- Peyton Stearns beat Anna Blinkova: 6-4, 6-3
- Diana Shnaider (14) beat Harriet Dart (LL): 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (2)
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (13) beat Marie Bouzkova: 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (1)
- 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 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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