The current No. 3 downed No. 16-seed Anett Kontaveit of Estonia 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday in the first match of the day on the Aviva Centre’s centre court.
Pliskova can reclaim the top spot on the WTA rankings with a solid run at the Premier 5 event this week. She will face the winner between Canadian Bianca Andreescu and No. 5-seed Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands in the quarterfinals. The 19-year-old Andreescu had never played Bertens before Thursday. But Andreescu entered the match with a 4-0 record against top-10 ranked opponents this year — including her Indian Wells final win over then-No. 8 Angelique Kerber in March for her first WTA title.
In other early play Thursday, American Sofia Kenin continued her stellar run at the tournament with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Ukrainian teenager Dayana Yastremska.
UPDATE: The third-round match between Bianca Andreescu 🇨🇦 and Kiki Bertens at the rogerscup is set to resume at about 2 p.m. ET. RC19
UPDATE: Canadian Bianca Andreescu and No. 5-seed Kiki Bertens took the court for their third-round match, but left quickly when steady rain rolled into the area and suspended play in the first game. Details ⬇️
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