Belarusian tennis players reaches 1/8 finals of tournament in Toronto

Belarusian tennis players Victoria Azarenka and Aryna Sabalenka reached the 1/8 finals of the tournament in Toronto this night. The prize fund of the competition is 3 million 200 thousand dollars. The third racket of the world in the match of the second round, which was the starting match for her on the Canadian courts, in two sets defeated the representative of China Yue Yuan (6:2). In the third round Sabalenka's opponent will be the 33rd ranked British player Katie Boulter.

Azarenka, for her part, broke the resistance of Belgium's Gret Minnen, 74th in the world rankings, in a difficult match. After losing the first set 3:6, Victoria was stronger in the next two sets - 5:1, 6:1. Azarenka will play against American Peyton Stearns in the quarterfinals.