Bencic edges Parks, moves into last 16 at Montreal

Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 12 seed, edged out American qualifier Alycia Parks 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 to reach the last 16 of the Canadian Open at Stade IGA in Montreal on Wednesday evening.

Bencic, ranked No 13, will play the winner of the match between No 7 seed Petra Kvitova and Italian qualifier Camila Giorgi next.

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The Swiss beat Italian Lucia Bronzetti (6-2, 6-3) in the previous round of the Rogers Cup.

In the first round of the Rogers Cup, Parks, ranked No 47, won against Lauren Davis (7-5, 4-6, 6-2).

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
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Caroline Wozniacki
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Jennifer Brady vs. Elena Rybakina
• Anna Blinkova vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Karolina Muchova
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Qinwen Zheng: wednesday
• Jessica Pegula vs. Yulia Putintseva: wednesday
• Iga Swiatek vs. Karolina Pliskova: wednesday
• 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