Toronto (Canada), August 9 (EFE).- Polish Iga Swiatek, Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, Czech Marketa Vondrousova and Americans Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff won their matches at the Canadian Open, which takes place in Montreal on Wednesday. , and qualified for the eighth round of the tournament.
If Swiatek, the world number one, first experienced difficulties in the match she played on Wednesday against the Czech Karolina Pliskova (23 years old), the Pole finally won in two sets, 7-6 (6 ) and 6-2.
After the match, Swiatek acknowledged that it was difficult for her to get into the rhythm of the match and expressed her satisfaction at overcoming the initial slump to claim her second win of the year against Pliskova.
Swiatek will face Czech Karolina Muchova (17) in the round of 16, who beat Romania’s Sorana Cirstea (31) in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4 on Wednesday.
For her part, the world number three, Jessica Pegula won the Kazakh Yulia Putintseva (61) in two sets and in the next round she will meet the Italian Jasmine Paolini (49).
And this year’s Wimbledon winner Marketa Vondrousova knocked Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki out of the competition in straight sets and will face Gauff in the round of 16.
In the day’s other matches, Aryna Sabalenka (2), American Danielle Collins (48), Canadian Leylah Fernandez (21), Russians Daria Kasatkina (14) and Liudmila Samsonova (18) and Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic are qualified for the next round (13).
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