WTA Toronto: Shnaider prevails from a set down to make last 16
Shnaider will face American Coco Gauff, the top seed, in the next round
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Russian Diana Shnaider, the No 14 seed, edged out Pole Magdalena Frech 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) to advance to the last 16 of the WTA National Bank Open.
Shnaider, ranked No 24, will face American Coco Gauff, the top seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the 20-year-old Russian edged out lucky loser Harriet Dart (6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (2)).
Frech, ranked No 50, defeated Russian Anastasia Potapova (4-6, 6-3, 6-0) in the previous round of the Rogers Cup.
Toronto WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):
- Anna Kalinskaya (10) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-2, 6-2
- Marta Kostyuk (11) beat Elina Svitolina: 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Karolina Pliskova: 7-5, 6-4
- Naomi Osaka vs. Elise Mertens
- Yue Yuan vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Greet Minnen
- Paula Badosa vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Katie Boulter
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Peyton Stearns vs. Madison Keys
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Emma Navarro vs. Magda Linette
- Taylor Townsend vs. Marina Stakusic
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Coco Gauff vs. Yafan Wang
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