Elina Avanesyan defeated Jelena Ostapenko 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday evening and will face the winner of the match between Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the 10th seed, and Pole Magda Linette in the next round. Elina Avanesyan, a Russian lucky loser, advanced to the Western & Southern Open’s final 16 by defeating Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the eighth seed, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday at the Lindner Family Tennis Centre in Cincinnati.
Avanesyan, ranked 60th, will face the winner of the match between Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No. 10 seed, and Pole Magda Linette next.
Before her win, the 21-year-old Russian upset Canadian wildcard Bianca Andreescu (6-4, 7-5).
Cincinnati WTA 1000 second-round results (Lindner Family Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent first): Jessica Pegula vs. Karolina Muchova.
Qinwen Zheng versus Magdalena Frech.
Caroline Wozniacki against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Potapova versus Jasmine Paolini.
Mirra Andreeva versus Karolina Pliskova
Yulia Putintseva vs Coco Gauff.
Anna Kalinskaya versus Paula Badosa.
Taylor Townsend vs Daria Kasatkina
Liudmila Samsonova versus Magda Linette.
Aryna Sabalenka versus Elisabetta Cocciaretto.
Ashlyn Krueger vs Diana Shnaider: Thursday
Leylah Fernandez vs. Elena Rybakina: Thursday.
Elina Svitolina defeated Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (LL): 6-4, 6-1.
Iga Swiatek (1) defeated Varvara Gracheva (Q) 6-0, 6-7(8), 6-2.
Marta Kostyuk (15) defeated Lulu Sun (Q): 6-3, 7-5.
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