Osaka dominates Jabeur in Toronto
Naomi Osaka won against Ons Jabeur 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday evening. She’ll play Belgian Elise Mertens in the next round
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Japanese wildcard Naomi Osaka moved into the second round of the WTA National Bank Open by winning against Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 9 seed, 6-3, 6-1 at the Aviva Centre on Wednesday evening.
Osaka, ranked No 95, will play Belgian Elise Mertens next.
Toronto WTA 1000, other first-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):
- Nao Hibino vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Yue Yuan
- Bernarda Pera vs. Katie Boulter
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto: wednesday
- Magda Linette beat Rebecca Marino (WC): 6-3, 6-4
- Amanda Anisimova beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-1, 6-4
- Peyton Stearns beat Anna Blinkova: 6-4, 6-3
- Diana Shnaider (14) beat Harriet Dart (LL): 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (2)
- Marina Stakusic (WC) beat Erika Andreeva (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (13) beat Marie Bouzkova: 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (1)
- Paula Badosa beat Clara Tauson: 6-1, 6-4
- Elise Mertens beat Katie Volynets (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Greet Minnen (Q) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-2, 6-2
- Anna Kalinskaya (10) beat Louisa Chirico (Q): 6-2, 6-3
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Bianca Andreescu (WC): 0-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Taylor Townsend (LL) beat Dayana Yastremska (16): 6-3, 3-1 ret.
- Karolina Pliskova beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-4, 7-6 (10)
- Victoria Azarenka (12) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-2, 6-2
- Yafan Wang (Q) beat Sofia Kenin: 7-5, 7-6 (3)
- Elina Svitolina beat Shelby Rogers: 6-0, 6-2
- Moyuka Uchijima (Q) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Magdalena Frech beat Anastasia Potapova: 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
- Marta Kostyuk (11) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-0, 6-2
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