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MATCH POINT: COCO GAUFF DEFEATS YAFAN WANG IN TORONTO SECOND ROUND
Coco Gauff won against Yafan Wang 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday and will play Russian Diana Shnaider, the No 14 seed, on Friday
American Coco Gauff, the top seed at the tournament, beat Chinese qualifier Yafan Wang 6-4, 6-4 to move into the last 16 of the WTA National Bank Open at the Aviva Centre on Thursday afternoon
Gauff, ranked No 2, will play Russian Diana Shnaider, the No 14 seed, next.
In the previous round, Wang, ranked No 72, won against American Sofia Kenin (7-5, 7-6 (3)).
Toronto WTA 1000, other second-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):
Naomi Osaka vs. Elise Mertens
Yue Yuan vs. Aryna Sabalenka
Victoria Azarenka vs. Greet Minnen
Paula Badosa vs. Jelena Ostapenko
Daria Kasatkina vs. Amanda Anisimova
Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Katie Boulter
Peyton Stearns vs. Madison Keys