Western & Southern Open: Vondrousova makes round of 16, faces Stephens next
Marketa Vondrousova beat Anastasia Potapova 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday evening. She’ll play American Sloane Stephens in the next round
Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – January 21, 2023 Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova reacts during her third round match against Czech Republic’s Linda Fruhvirtova (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
No 10 seed Marketa Vondrousova advanced to the third round of the Western & Southern Open by winning against Russian Anastasia Potapova 6-4, 6-2 at the Linder Tennis Family Center in Cincinnati on Wednesday evening.
Vondrousova, ranked No 10, will face American Sloane Stephens next.
Marketa Vondrousova defeated Katerina Siniakova (7-5, 6-4) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Cincy Open, Potapova, ranked No 27, edged out Swiss wildcard Celine Naef (1-6, 6-4, 7-5).
Cincinnati WTA 1000, other second-round results (Linder Tennis Family Center, hard, USD 2.788.468, most recent results first):
- Mayar Sherif vs. Coco Gauff
- Ann Li vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Donna Vekic vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Elise Mertens vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Elena Rybakina vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Petra Kvitova vs. Linda Noskova
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Venus Williams
- Petra Martic vs. Karolina Muchova
- Iga Swiatek vs. Danielle Collins
- Maria Sakkari vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Martina Trevisan (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-3
- Daria Kasatkina (14) beat Varvara Gracheva (LL): 6-3, 6-1
- Sloane Stephens beat Caroline Garcia (6): 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Ons Jabeur (5) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-3, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (2)
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