Andreeva cruises past Navarro at Western & Southern Open

Russian Mirra Andreeva beat American Emma Navarro, the No 11 seed, 6-2, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Western & Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati on Wednesday afternoon.

This was her 10th career win over a top 20 ranked player. Andreeva, ranked No 24, will play Karolina Pliskova next.

I’m really happy with how I played today.

Mirra Andreeva after her win

“I knew that it was going to be a very hard match. She’s had an amazing year so far, so I was just trying to go on court and do my best and to play because I had nothing to lose,” the Russian teen said after her win. “I just went out there, tried to show my best level, and tried to win a match, and I think I did it.”

“I’m very happy that I didn’t feel as nervous as I thought I would. I think my serve was great today, and I hope it’s going to stay the same for this U.S. swing. It was really, really hot, and there’s no shade on court … I’m really happy with how I played today.”

Cincinnati WTA 1000, other first-round results:

• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Magdalena Frech
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Karolina Muchova vs. Dayana Yastremska: wednesday
• Liudmila Samsonova (10) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 6-4
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (LL) beat Lucia Bronzetti (LL): 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (1)
• Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Caroline Dolehide (WC): 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Leylah Fernandez beat Yue Yuan: 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Anna Kalinskaya (13) beat Katerina Siniakova: 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Paula Badosa beat Peyton Stearns (WC): 6-2, 7-5
• Diana Shnaider beat Shuai Zhang: 6-1, 6-4
• Elina Avanesyan (LL) beat Bianca Andreescu (WC): 6-4, 7-5
• Yulia Putintseva beat Harriet Dart (Q): 4-6, 6-0, 6-1
• Anastasia Potapova beat Clara Burel: 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
• Magda Linette beat Katie Boulter: 2-6, 6-0, 7-5
• Elina Svitolina beat Yafan Wang (Q): 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Robin Montgomery (Q): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
• Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova: 6-4, 6-2
• Ashlyn Krueger (Q) beat Donna Vekic (16): 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Lulu Sun (Q) beat Linda Noskova: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Marta Kostyuk (15) beat Elise Mertens: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Karolina Pliskova beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
• Varvara Gracheva (Q) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5)

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