Pegula books spot in Montreal’s last 16

American Jessica Pegula, the No 4 seed, won against Kazakh lucky loser Yulia Putintseva 6-4, 6-4 to move into the last 16 of the Canadian Open at Stade IGA in Montreal on Wednesday evening.

Job done 👋@JPegula takes down Putintseva 6-4, 6-4 and will face Paolini for a spot in the Montreal quarterfinals!#NBO23 pic.twitter.com/kRewQ96meY

— wta (@WTA) August 9, 2023

Pegula, ranked No 3, will play Italian Jasmine Paolini next.

In the previous round of the Rogers Cup, Putintseva, ranked No 61, beat American Bernarda Pera (6-3, 6-4).

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 (15) beat Qinwen Zheng: 6-3, 6-2
• Iga Swiatek vs. Karolina Pliskova: wednesday
• Belinda Bencic (12) beat Alycia Parks (Q): 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
• 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