Madrid Open: Cornet books spot in round 2

Frenchwoman Alize Cornet reached the 64 of the Madrid Open by winning against Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-3 at the Caja Magica on Wednesday evening.

Cornet, ranked No 71, will face No 16 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova next.

Madrid WTA 1000, other 128 results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 7.652.174, most recent results first):

• Jaqueline Cristian beat Sloane Stephens: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
• Danka Kovinic beat Sara Errani (Q): 6-4, 6-0
• Marketa Vondrousova (Q) beat Marina Bassols Ribera (WC): 6-1, 6-3
• Alycia Parks beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-2
• Eugenie Bouchard (Q) beat Dayana Yastremska (Q): 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-2
• Laura Siegemund (Q) beat Nadia Podoroska: 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Julia Grabher (LL) beat Viktoriya Tomova (LL): 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-1, 6-3
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (WC): 6-1, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (7)
• Irene Burillo Escorihuela (Q) beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz (Q) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-3, 6-0
• Magdalena Frech (Q) beat Jasmine Paolini: 6-2, 6-3
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Elina Svitolina (WC): 6-4, 7-5
• Xiyu Wang beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4
• Camila Osorio (WC) beat Clara Burel (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (WC): 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Arantxa Rus (Q) beat Amanda Anisimova: 7-5, 6-2
• Mayar Sherif beat Camila Giorgi: 4-6, 6-4 ret.
• Rebeka Masarova (WC) beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
• Mirra Andreeva (WC) beat Leylah Fernandez: 6-3, 6-4
• Catherine McNally beat Dalma Galfi: 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
• Tatjana Maria beat Alexandra Eala (WC): 6-1, 6-1
• Yulia Putintseva beat Claire Liu: 6-4, 6-4
• Linda Fruhvirtova beat Katie Volynets: 6-3, 7-5
• Maryna Zanevska beat Sofia Kenin: 6-0, 6-3
• Rebecca Marino beat Lin Zhu: 7-6 (1), 6-4
• Karolina Muchova beat Anett Kontaveit: 6-2, 6-2
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Barbora Strycova: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Sorana Cirstea beat Lauren Davis: 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
• Ana Bogdan beat Anna Bondar: 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• Jule Niemeier beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 6-2