WTA Toronto: Anisimova knocks out No 5 seed Kasatkina
Amanda Anisimova won against Daria Kasatkina 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday evening and will face Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 10 seed, in the next round
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American Amanda Anisimova moved into the last 16 of the Toronto Masters by winning against Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 5 seed, 6-4, 6-3 at the Aviva Centre on Thursday.
This was the fourth consecutive win, all in straight sets, over Kasatkina for the American.
Anisimova, ranked No 132, will face Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 10 seed, next. This will be the first meeting between the two on the WTA Tour.
The 22-year-old American defeated Caroline Dolehide (6-1, 6-4) ahead of her victory.
Toronto WTA 1000, other second-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 3,211,715, most recent results first):
- Katie Boulter beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 1-1 ret.
- Peyton Stearns beat Madison Keys (7): 3-6, 7-5, 3-0 ret.
- Ashlyn Krueger (Q) beat Leylah Fernandez (15): 6-4, 6-2
- Emma Navarro (8) beat Magda Linette: 6-2, 6-4
- Taylor Townsend (LL) beat Marina Stakusic (WC): 6-0, 6-2
- Liudmila Samsonova (6) beat Moyuka Uchijima (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Coco Gauff (1) beat Yafan Wang (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Anna Kalinskaya beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-2, 6-2
- Marta Kostyuk (11) beat Elina Svitolina: 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
- Diana Shnaider (14) beat Magdalena Frech: 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- 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
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