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The top-seeded Polish player crushed
14th-seeded Liudmila Samsonova of Russia in 76 minutes in
third-round action. Later, Swiatek, the reigning French Open
champion, received a walkover into the semifinals when the Czech
Republic's Karolina Pliskova was forced to withdraw from the
tournament due to a viral illness.
Pliskova completed a 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-2 win over Ukraine's
Anhelina Kalinina in the third round before exiting the event.
Fifth-seeded Coco Gauff of the United States didn't have to take
the court to reach the quarterfinals, as ninth-seeded Elena
Rybakina of Kazakhstan withdrew because of a lower back ailment.
Rybakina is the reigning Wimbledon champion.
Second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, who won the Australian
Open in January, rallied past 13th-seeded Jelena Ostapenko of
Latvia 2-6, 6-1, 6-1. Third-seeded Jessica Pegula and Madison
Keys of the United States as well as the Czech pair of Karolina
Muchova and Barbora Krejcikova also moved into the
quarterfinals.
Merida Open Akron
Caty McNally cruised past Katie Volynets 6-3, 6-0 in an all-U.S.
second-round matchup in Merida, Mexico.
In the 88-minute match, McNally converted seven of her 13 break
points while Volynets cashed in on just two of her seven break
opportunities.
McNally's quarterfinal foe will be Australian qualifier Kimberly
Birrell of, who beat China's Xiyu Wang 6-3, 6-2.
Two Italians also moved on to the quarterfinals. Seventh-seeded
Elisabetta Cocciaretto topped China's Xinyu Wang 6-4, 6-2, and
Camila Giorgi ousted Spain's Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 7-6 (5), 6-2.
--Field Level Media
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