Pliskova hammers Anisimova in Toronto

Czech Karolina Pliskova, the No 14 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the National Bank Open by beating American Amanda Anisimova 6-1, 6-1 at the Aviva Centre in Toronto on Wednesday evening.

Pliskova, ranked No 14, will play Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 3 seed, next.

The former world No 1 needed just 53 minutes to improve to 5-1 lifetime against 20-year-old Anisimova.

In the previous round of the Canadian Open, the Czech won against Barbora Krejcikova (6-3, 6-4).

Anisimova, ranked No 22, defeated Canadian wildcard Carol Zhao (6-1, 6-3) in the previous round of the Canadian Open.

Toronto WTA 1000, other second-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):

• Bianca Andreescu vs. Alize Cornet
• Belinda Bencic vs. Serena Williams
• Kaia Kanepi vs. Garbine Muguruza
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Ons Jabeur
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Jil Teichmann vs. Anett Kontaveit
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Paula Badosa
• Iga Swiatek vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
• Simona Halep vs. Shuai Zhang
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj
• Jessica Pegula vs. Asia Muhammad
• Elena Rybakina vs. Coco Gauff: wednesday
• Elise Mertens vs. Camila Giorgi: wednesday
• Maria Sakkari beat Sloane Stephens: 6-2, 4-6, 6-2

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