WTA Toronto: Townsend dominates Stakusic, into the last 16

American lucky loser Taylor Townsend won against Canadian wildcard Marina Stakusic 6-0, 6-2 to advance to the last 16 of the WTA National Bank Open at the Aviva Centre on Thursday.

Townsend, ranked No 71, will face Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 4 seed, next.

In the previous round of the WTA National Bank Open, the American benefited from the retirement of Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 16 seed (6-3, 3-1).

Stakusic, ranked No 160, edged out Russian qualifier Erika Andreeva (6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4) in the first round of the Rogers Cup.

Toronto WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• Liudmila Samsonova (6) beat Moyuka Uchijima (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Coco Gauff (1) beat Yafan Wang (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya (10) 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
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Katie Boulter
• Peyton Stearns vs. Madison Keys
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Emma Navarro vs. Magda Linette

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