MONTREAL - Canadian Eugenie Bouchard continued her run at the Rogers Cup on Wednesday.

For the second day in a row, Bouchard upset a higher-ranked opponent as she defeated top-10 player Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-0 in one hour and 14 minutes.

Cibulkova is 10th in the WTA rankings while Bouchard is 42nd.

The Westmount, Que., native is through to the third round at the Rogers Cup for the first time in her career.

In the opening round on Tuesday, Bouchard surprised the hometown fans - and her critics - by getting the better of 28th-ranked Lucie Safarova.

Playing some of her best tennis in months, the 22-year-old made quick work of Cibulkova in the 36-minute first set, twice breaking her opponent's serve.

Bouchard was aggressive and dictated play, while Cibulkova struggled with her service game and accumulated unforced errors.

Playing with confidence, Bouchard was even more dominant in a second set marked by several lengthy rallies.

Fans rose to their feet on two occasions in the set, namely after Bouchard returned two improbable balls in the fifth game to break Cibulkova and go up 5-0.

On triple match point, the Canadian gave Cibulkova no chance with a powerful forehand down the line.

Bouchard will now face 121st-ranked qualifier Kristina Kucova, who stunned 8th-ranked Carla Suarez Navarro 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Bouchard is the only Canadian on the women's side remaining at the US$2.4-million Rogers Cup after Francoise Abanda was eliminated earlier on Wednesday.

Abanda lost her second-round match 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3) against Ukraine's Elina Svitolina. The 19-year-old, ranked 270th in the world, dropped a nail-biter in front of her hometown fans, pushing both sets to a tiebreak.

"I had a lot of chances to win that second set," said Abanda, who beat 66th-ranked Saisai Zheng in the opening round. "I could have definitely pushed it further. I felt mentally strained when I got to that second set.

"During key moments of the match, I just missed the mark."

Abanda's service game let her down throughout the contest. The 20th-ranked Svitolina broke the Canadian twice in the first set, and another four times in the second.

In the second-set tiebreak, Abanda jumped to a 3-0 lead but lost the next seven points, three of those while on serve.

"I'm happy that I played good tennis this week and was able to get a win," said Abanda. "It's a positive week overall. I really believe it will help me for the rest of the season. I learned that I can compete against top-30 girls. It's good to see that I'm right there."

Svitolina will face either Angelique Kerber or Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in the next round.

Meanwhile Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Alla Kudryavtseva 7-5, 6-0, and Johanna Konta got past Vania King in straight sets 7-5, 6-1.

After earning a bye in the first round, sixth-ranked Venus Williams breezed through her second-round match.

The American dominated her opponent Barbora Strycova 6-3, 6-0, needing just 58 minutes to complete the encounter.

"It was definitely more straightforward than some of our other matches," said Williams, who is off to the Olympic Games in Rio following the Rogers Cup. "I'm never happy with my matches. Even an easy scoreline is never enough. But it's about figuring out how to win instead of playing perfect."

The seven-time Grand Slam champion gave up a mere 10 points in the second set, which she completed in 24 minutes.

The only hiccup for Williams was the seventh game of the first set. Up 4-2, the 36-year-old had her serve broken by Strycova, but she followed up with a break of her own.

"I just needed to stay focused," said Williams. "A 4-4 is definitely different than a 5-3. But it wasn't necessarily a turning point, because there are matches where I've been down and came back, and vice versa, so you realize that the match isn't over until it's over."

Williams will next face Madison Keys, who topped fellow American Madison Brengle 6-4, 6-3.

Earlier in the day, fourth-seed Agnieszka Radwanska downed Monica Niculescu 6-1, 7-5.

Romanian Simona Halep, one of the tournament favourites, beat Daria Gavrilova in straight sets 6-3, 6-2 to set up a meeting with Karolina Pliskova.

The 14th-ranked Pliskova jumped into the third round after her second-round opponent Sara Errani was forced to retire with neck stiffness.

Also, Roberta Vinci came from behind to defeat fellow Italian Camila Giorgi 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.