A pair of reigning Grand Slam champions set the pace on Sunday at the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters, with Australian Open winner Elena Rybakina and Roland Garros ******* leholder Mirra Andreeva reaching the third round.
Second seed Rybakina, coming off a runner-up finish to Iga Swiatek in Toronto, defeated Taylor Townsend 6-3, 6-4.
Andreeva crushed Oleksandra Oliynykova with the loss of just one game, breaking five times and saving all seven break points against her own serve in a 65-minute 6-1, 6-0 rout.
Rybakina said that she is concentrating on recovery after a tough Toronto run and was glad to get off to a low-stress start.
"Today I'm happy with the serve," she said. "Definitely it helped me a lot. Last week in Toronto was very difficult. A lot of three set matches."
#toronto #sunday
Second seed Rybakina, coming off a runner-up finish to Iga Swiatek in Toronto, defeated Taylor Townsend 6-3, 6-4.
Andreeva crushed Oleksandra Oliynykova with the loss of just one game, breaking five times and saving all seven break points against her own serve in a 65-minute 6-1, 6-0 rout.
Rybakina said that she is concentrating on recovery after a tough Toronto run and was glad to get off to a low-stress start.
"Today I'm happy with the serve," she said. "Definitely it helped me a lot. Last week in Toronto was very difficult. A lot of three set matches."
#toronto #sunday
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