WTA Toronto: Ostapenko beats Badosa in three sets
Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 4 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Toronto Masters by winning against Spaniard Paula Badosa 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 at the Aviva Centre on Thursday.
Badosa struggled with blisters throughout the match, and required a medical timeout during the match. Last week, she won her first title since January 2022, claiming the Citi Open in Washington.
Ostapenko, ranked No 11, will play American lucky loser Taylor Townsend next.
Badosa, ranked No 40, defeated Dane Clara Tauson (6-1, 6-4) in the previous round of the Rogers Cup.
Toronto WTA 1000, other second-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):
- Amanda Anisimova beat Daria Kasatkina (5): 6-4, 6-3
- Katie Boulter beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 1-1 ret.
- Peyton Stearns beat Madison Keys (7): 3-6, 7-5, 3-0 ret.
- Ashlyn Krueger (Q) beat Leylah Fernandez (15): 6-4, 6-2
- Emma Navarro (8) beat Magda Linette: 6-2, 6-4
- Taylor Townsend beat Marina Stakusic (WC): 6-0, 6-2
- Liudmila Samsonova (6) beat Moyuka Uchijima (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Coco Gauff (1) beat Yafan Wang (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Anna Kalinskaya (10) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-2, 6-2
- Marta Kostyuk (11) beat Elina Svitolina: 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
- Diana Shnaider (14) beat Magdalena Frech: 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Karolina Pliskova: 7-5, 6-4
- Naomi Osaka vs. Elise Mertens
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Greet Minnen
- Yue Yuan vs. Aryna Sabalenka
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