Bencic edges Parks, moves into last 16 at Montreal
Belinda Bencic edged out Alycia Parks 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 on Wednesday evening. She’ll play the winner of the match between No 7 seed Petra Kvitova and Italian qualifier Camila Giorgi in the next round
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.
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