Pliskova hammers Anisimova in Toronto
Karolina Pliskova beat Amanda Anisimova 6-1, 6-1 on Wednesday evening. She’ll face Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 3 seed, in the next round
Karolina Pliskova returns the ball during her National Bank Open | Icon SMI / Panoramic
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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