British primary Emma Raducanu produced one other eye-catching show as she thrashed former world primary Victoria Azarenka lower than 24 hours after beating Serena Williams.
Raducanu continued her preparations for the forthcoming defence of her US Open title with a 6-0 6-2 win in Cincinnati.
The 19-year-old performed Belarusian veteran Azarenka simply 18 hours after beating Williams, who will retire after the US Open, 6-4 6-0 on Tuesday.
Raducanu faces Jessica Pegula subsequent.
The Briton, ranked thirteenth on the planet, will meet the American seventh seed within the final 16 of the Western and Southern Open on Thursday.
“I used to be taking part in an amazing match for certain and to play Vika I needed to keep centered all through,” stated Raducanu, who beat Twenty second-ranked Azarenka to earn her first top-30 win since final yr’s US Open.
Raducanu spectacular however more durable checks forward
Raducanu surprised the sporting world together with her surprising triumph in New York final yr, when she turned the primary qualifier to win a Grand Slam title in what was solely her fourth senior event.
The victory propelled the beforehand little-known teenager into world superstardom, however she has since confronted the difficulties usually encountered by younger gamers of their first full season on the WTA Tour.
Repeatedly hampered by health points this yr as she adjusts to the rigours of the senior tour, Raducanu arrived in Cincinnati with a report of 11 wins and 14 losses this season.
However together with her fearless and correct groundstrokes, she has to this point proven an analogous stage within the WTA 1000 occasion to the one which led to her success at Flushing Meadows.
Pegula, nevertheless, is probably going to supply a sterner check – and a extra correct appraisal of Raducanu’s present stage – than Williams or Azarenka.
In what was her first profession assembly with 23-time main champion Williams and prone to be the final, {the teenager} clinically took benefit of the 40-year-old’s lack of sharpness by hitting 14 winners and making only one unforced error in a ruthless victory.
After that evening session, Raducanu returned to Cincinnati’s centre court docket towards 33-year-old Azarenka and produced one other dominant show.
The forehand continued to be a potent weapon, whereas she was additionally helped by wayward getting back from the two-time Grand Slam champion.
After cruising by a 26-minute opener to report a second straight bagel, Raducanu raced right into a 4-0 lead within the subsequent set, earlier than Azarenka lastly obtained on the scoreboard with back-to-back holds.
She provided somewhat extra belated resistance when Raducanu served for the match, incomes two break factors and saving a match level earlier than the Briton wrapped up victory.
“Within the second set I may really feel the vital moments and a few turning factors that might have made the second set actually troublesome,” added Raducanu.
“I’m actually happy with how I dug in, and serving it out in that final sport was actually troublesome.”
Gauff performs down harm fears earlier than US Open
American teenager Coco Gauff has performed down the seriousness of the ankle harm which pressured her to retire from a primary spherical match towards Czech qualifier Marie Bouzkova on Tuesday.
Along with her dwelling Grand Slam looming, the 18-year-old stated it was a minor sprain that “ought to be healed very quickly”.
Romania’s Simona Halep pulled out of the Cincinnati occasion with a thigh harm earlier than Wednesday’s match towards Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova, whereas Polish world primary Iga Swiatek, Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina and Tunisia’s world quantity 5 Ons Jabeur reached the final 16.
