Pliskova crashes out of Western & Southern Open

Russian Mirra Andreeva moved into the last 16 of the Western & Southern Open by winning against Karolina Pliskova 6-2, 6-3 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati on Thursday evening.

Andreeva, ranked No 24, will face the winner of the match between Russian Anastasia Potapova and Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 5 seed, next.

The 17-year-old Russian defeated American Emma Navarro, the No 11 seed (6-2, 6-2) in the previous round of the Cincy Open.

In the first round of the Cincy Open, Pliskova, ranked No 45, beat Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)).

Cincinnati WTA 1000, other second-round results (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• Jessica Pegula vs. Karolina Muchova
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Magdalena Frech
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Paula Badosa beat Anna Kalinskaya (13): 6-3, 6-2
• Yulia Putintseva beat Coco Gauff (2): 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Daria Kasatkina (9): 6-1, 2-6, 6-1
• Liudmila Samsonova (10) beat Magda Linette: 7-6 (10), 6-1
• Aryna Sabalenka (3) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-3, 6-4
• Diana Shnaider beat Ashlyn Krueger (Q): 7-5, 6-0
• Leylah Fernandez beat Elena Rybakina (4): 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Elina Avanesyan (LL) beat Jelena Ostapenko (8): 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Elina Svitolina beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (LL): 6-4, 6-1
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Varvara Gracheva (Q): 6-0, 6-7 (8), 6-2
• Marta Kostyuk (15) beat Lulu Sun (Q): 6-3, 7-5