Elena Rybakina and Coco Gauff among top seeds advance to third round of WTA Toronto

[p]Australian Open champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rybakina-elena/UDzElXdm/"]Rybakina[/a] of Kazakhstan began her hardcourt run ahead of the US Open by outlasting Australian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kasatkina-daria/GU42elks/"]Daria Kasatkina[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/kasatkina-d-GU42elks/rybakina-e-UDzElXdm/?mid=WIMuPwBO"]6-3, 5-7, 6-4[/a] after two hours and 33 minutes.[/p][p]World number two Rybakina began the match by hitting six consecutive winners and finished with 58 winners, 15 of them acers, and 58 unforced errors, 16 of them double faults.[/p][p]Rybakina hit back-to-back double faults to drop the second set and three double faults while serving for the match before advancing to next face 28th-seeded American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/li-ann/rwvAgOWm/"]Ann Li[/a], who eliminated Canadian wildcard [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cross-kayla/bNv93cUs/"]Kayla Cross[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/cross-k-bNv93cUs/li-a-rwvAgOWm/?mid=KSfvrA1c"]7-6 (2), 6-3[/a].[/p][embed guid="b29915ec-8638-4f82-b583-d79654fb6480" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2085082461906571267?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pegula-jessica/KdojxrAR/"]Pegula[/a], who lost Monday in a rain-hit Washington final, was also extended to three sets before advancing with a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/frech-m-W6pL8zuB/pegula-j-KdojxrAR/?mid=Whu49KsR"]3-6, 6-3, 6-2[/a] triumph over Poland's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/frech-magdalena/W6pL8zuB/"]Magdalena Frech[/a] in two hours and three minutes.[/p][p]Next up for Pegula is a third-round match against Uzbekistan's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rakhimova-kamilla/boU2UKtN/"]Kamilla Rakhimova[/a], who ousted when Czech [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/siniakova-katerina/OKXs3Wah/"]Katerina Siniakova[/a] retired trailing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/rakhimova-k-boU2UKtN/siniakova-k-OKXs3Wah/?mid=McpvfbkC"]6-7 (1), 6-0, 5-2[/a].[/p][p]Another American, two-time Grand Slam winner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauff-coco/f5BXmEH6/"]Gauff[/a], cruised into the third round by dispatching compatriot [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/day-kayla/rkOojWt6/"]Kayla Day[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/day-k-rkOojWt6/gauff-c-f5BXmEH6/?mid=rmPlGofc"]6-2, 7-5[/a].[/p][embed guid="c63b57be-9cad-466d-be6b-f498f2adb78b" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2085114108014112992?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]World number five [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andreeva-mirra/lI6fOOat/"]Mirra Andreeva[/a] also advanced in straight sets, the Russian teen cruising past Czech [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pliskova-karolina/xGn9KNfO/"]Karolina Pliskova[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/andreeva-m-lI6fOOat/pliskova-ka-xGn9KNfO/?mid=hSJSG3SH"]6-0, 6-2.[/a][/p]