Lucky loser Avanesyan knocks out Ostapenko in Cincinnati

Russian lucky loser Elina Avanesyan advanced to the last 16 of the Western & Southern Open by winning against Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 8 seed, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati on Thursday.

Avanesyan, ranked No 60, will play the winner of the match between Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 10 seed, and Pole Magda Linette next.

Ahead of her victory, the 21-year-old Russian defeated Canadian wildcard Bianca Andreescu (6-4, 7-5).

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
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Karolina Pliskova
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Coco Gauff
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Paula Badosa
• Taylor Townsend vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Magda Linette
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Diana Shnaider: thursday
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Elena Rybakina: thursday
• 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