Halep powers past Teichmann to set quarter-final with Coco Gauff in Toronto
Simona Halep defeated Jil Teichmann 6-2, 7-5 on Thursday evening and will play American Coco Gauff, the No 10 seed, in the next round
Simona Halep sets up for a forehand at Toronto || Icon / SMI Panoramic
Romanian Simona Halep, the No 15 seed, advanced to the last 8 of the National Bank Open by winning against Swiss Jil Teichmann 6-2, 7-5 at the Aviva Centre in Toronto on Thursday evening.
Halep, ranked No 15, will play American Coco Gauff, the No 10 seed, next.
The Romanian defeated Croat lucky loser Donna Vekic (6-0, 6-2) and Chinese Shuai Zhang (6-4, 6-2) ahead of her victory.
Earlier in the tournament, Teichmann, ranked No 21, won against American wildcard Venus Williams (6-2, 6-3) and Estonian Anett Kontaveit, the second seed (6-4, 6-4).
Toronto WTA 1000, other last 16 matches (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):
- Belinda Bencic vs. Garbine Muguruza
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Maria Sakkari vs. Karolina Pliskova
- Alison Riske-Amritraj vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Iga Swiatek vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Jessica Pegula vs. Camila Giorgi: thursday
- Coco Gauff beat Aryna Sabalenka (6): 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (4)
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