Mason, OH (Sports Network) - Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska posted a
second-round victory Wednesday at the WTA's $2.168 million Western & Southern
Open.
The Polish world No. 3, who was last month's Wimbledon runner-up to Serena
Williams, handled Swede Sofia Arvidsson 6-4, 6-3 on the hardcourts at the
Lindner Family Tennis Center.
Up next for Radwanska, who enjoyed an opening-round bye this week, will be
rising American Sloane Stephens.
In other action involving seeds, Czech qualifier Andrea Hlavackova defeated
No. 11 Slovak Dominika Cibulkova 7-6 (7-1), 4-1, retired, and No. 17 Russian
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova whipped German Julia Goerges 6-3, 6-0.
Stephens pasted Italian and fellow wild card Camila Giorgi 6-2, 6-1, while
Chinese Peng Shuai bested Italian Roberta Vinci 6-3, 6-4.
The Sports Network