Toronto Aug 11 (IANS) Denmark s Caroline Wozniacki cruised to a surprisingly easy 6-3 6-1 victory over Poland s Agnieszka Radwanska at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament here.
Wozniacki will next take on Czech world No.1 Karolina Pliskova in the quarter-finals here on Friday reports Efe.
In a match-up of two of the best WTA players never to have won a Grand Slam title Radwanska had her serve broken a whopping six times in eight service games.
The 10th-seeded Pole did not help her cause by putting just 49 percent of her first serves in play over the course of the one-hour 18-minute match.
Wozniacki the No.6 seed will square off in Friday s quarter-finals against Pliskova who is making her debut as the top-ranked player in Toronto. The Czech was leading Japan s Naomi Osaka 6-2 6-7(4-7) 1-0 when her 19-year-old opponent retired with an abdominal injury.
In other action on Thursday second-seeded Romanian Simona Halep routed Czech Barbora Strycova 6-1 6-0 to set up a quarter-finals clash against France s Caroline Garcia who eased past American Catherine Bellis 6-4 6-2.
Czech Lucie Safarova topped Russia s Ekaterina Makarova 6-3 6-7(3-7) 6-2 and now awaits the winner of a round-of-16 match pitting German No. 3 seed Angelique Kerber against American Sloane Stephens.
Fifth-seeded Ukrainian Elina Svitolina will play ninth-seeded American Venus Williams in the featured match with the winner to take on either Spanish reigning Wimbledon champion and No.4 seed Garbiñe Muguruza or Australian qualifier Ashleigh Barty.
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