Second seed Elena Rybakina, third seed Jessica Pegula and fourth seed Coco Gauff advance to the third round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Toronto on Wednesday, according to reports from Japan Today and Inquirer.net. Rybakina, the Australian Open champion, moves forward on the hard courts as part of her preparations ahead of the US Open. She defeats Australian player Daria Kasatkina in a three-set match, winning 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 after two hours and 33 minutes.
The reports describe a match in which Rybakina starts strongly, hitting six consecutive winners at one point, and finishes with 58 winners, including 15 aces. She also records 58 unforced errors and 16 double faults. Coverage also notes that Pegula and Gauff reach the third round as the tournament’s No. 3 and No. 4 seeds, respectively. Both outlets frame the results as key progress for the trio within the Toronto stop of the WTA 1000 series.
