Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, progressed to the round of 16 in the Toronto Masters after defeating Chinese Yue Yuan with a score of 6-2, 6-2 at the Aviva Centre on Thursday night.

Sabalenka, ranked No. 3, is set to face Katie Boulter in the next round.

Yuan, ranked No. 42, emerged victorious against Spaniard Cristina Bucsa (6-3, 6-3) in the previous round of the Rogers Cup.

Results from other second-round matches in the Toronto WTA 1000 (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, with the most recent results listed first):

• Naomi Osaka vs. Elise Mertens: Friday
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Greet Minnen: Thursday
• Jelena Ostapenko (4) defeated Paula Badosa: 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Amanda Anisimova defeated Daria Kasatkina (5): 6-4, 6-3
• Katie Boulter defeated Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 1-1 ret.
• Peyton Stearns defeated Madison Keys (7): 3-6, 7-5, 3-0 ret.
• Ashlyn Krueger (Q) defeated Leylah Fernandez (15): 6-4, 6-2
• Emma Navarro (8) defeated Magda Linette: 6-2, 6-4
• Taylor Townsend (LL) defeated Marina Stakusic (WC): 6-0, 6-2
• Liudmila Samsonova (6) defeated Moyuka Uchijima (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Coco Gauff (1) defeated Yafan Wang (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya (10) defeated Lesia Tsurenko: 6-2, 6-2
• Marta Kostyuk (11) defeated Elina Svitolina: 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
• Diana Shnaider (14) defeated Magdalena Frech: 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Jessica Pegula (3) defeated Karolina Pliskova: 7-5, 6-4