Unlike yesterday, when only one seeded player progressed, Wednesday’s second-round action was absolutely successful for the seeds at the Western & Southern Open and our Jimmie48 thoroughly covered another busy day in Cincinnati.
Top seed Ashleigh Barty defeated Maria Sharapova 6-4 6-1, capitalizing on the rustiness of the Russian who had retired in the first round at Wimbledon with a forearm injury and then lost in the opening round at the Rogers Cup.
Seed No.2 Naomi Osaka needed three sets, 7-6(3) 2-6 6-2, to get past Aliaksandra Sasnovich, the Belarusian player whom she double-bageled en route to the US Open title last year.