MINSK, 14 August (BelTA) – Belarus' world number 34 Aryna Sabalenka has moved to the round of Last 32 at the 2018 Western & Eastern Open in Cincinnati, BelTA informs.
In the opener the Belarusian battled through British world number 39 Johanna Konta 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Aryna Sabalenka will next play either Czech world number 8 Karolina Pliskova or Poland's world number 38 Agnieszka Radwanska.
Belarus' world number 87 Victoria Azarenka defeated Spain's world number 25 Carla Suarez Navarro 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-4. Victoria Azarenka will next face France's world number 5 Caroline Garcia.
Belarus' world number 36 Aliaksandra Sasnovich lost 0-6, 6-4, 1-6 to Slovakia's world number 56 Viktoria Kuzmova.
The hard court tournament in Cincinnati will finish on Sunday, 19 August.
