National Bank Open: Pegula makes last 16
Jessica Pegula won against Asia Muhammad 6-2, 7-5 on Wednesday evening. She’ll face Italian Camila Giorgi in the next round
No 7 seed Jessica Pegula reached the last 16 of the National Bank Open by winning against qualifier Asia Muhammad 6-2, 7-5 at the Aviva Centre in Toronto on Wednesday evening.
Pegula, ranked No 7, will face Italian Camila Giorgi next.
In the previous round of the Canadian Open, Muhammad, ranked No 187, beat Madison Keys (7-6 (5), 6-4).
Toronto WTA 1000, other second-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Alize Cornet
- Belinda Bencic vs. Serena Williams
- Kaia Kanepi vs. Garbine Muguruza
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Ons Jabeur
- Jil Teichmann vs. Anett Kontaveit
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Paula Badosa
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Leylah Fernandez: wednesday
- Simona Halep vs. Shuai Zhang: wednesday
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Ajla Tomljanovic (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Alison Riske-Amritraj beat Jelena Ostapenko (16): 7-6 (2), 0-6, 7-5
- Coco Gauff (10) beat Elena Rybakina: 6-4, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (3)
- Camila Giorgi beat Elise Mertens: 6-3, 7-5
- Karolina Pliskova (14) beat Amanda Anisimova: 6-1, 6-1
- Maria Sakkari (3) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
