Sabalenka cruises into Cincinnati last 16, will face seed-killer Bejlek next

Top seed Aryna Sabalenka needed just an hour to beat Chinese Xinyu Wang 6-1, 6-3 and reach the last 16 of the Cincinnati Open on Tuesday night, setting up a meeting with Czech Sara Bejlek, who continued her breakout week by beating Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 16 seed, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. Sabalenka’s win was her 45th career trip to a WTA 1000 last-16, surpassing Karolina Pliskova’s…

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