Anna Kalinskaya, the No. 10 seed, advanced to the third round of the WTA National Bank Open by defeating Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko 6-2, 6-2 at the Aviva Centre on Thursday. The Russian, ranked No. 17, will meet American Amanda Anisimova in the next round on Friday.
Who is Kalinskaya facing next?
Kalinskaya will play Anisimova, who advanced from the second round. Kalinskaya reached the third round after also defeating American qualifier Louisa Chirico 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the tournament.
What happened to Bianca Andreescu?
Canadian wildcard Bianca Andreescu lost in the first round to Tsurenko, who edged her 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 in a three-set match. Tsurenko was ranked No. 85 at the time of the tournament.
Other results from the second round
Jessica Pegula, seeded third, defeated Karolina Pliskova 7-5, 6-4. The second-round schedule also featured matches between Naomi Osaka and Elise Mertens, Aryna Sabalenka and Yue Yuan, and Victoria Azarenka against Greet Minnen. Canadian Leylah Fernandez was scheduled to face Ashlyn Krueger in the second round.
The tournament continues at the Aviva Centre on a hard court with a total prize purse of USD 3,211,715.