Madrid Open: Linette stops Vondrousova
Magda Linette edged out Marketa Vondrousova 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-4 on Thursday. She’ll face Russian wildcard Mirra Andreeva in the next round
Magda Linette 2023 Australian Open || (AI / Reuters / Panoramic)
Pole Magda Linette, the No 17 seed, moved into the third round of the Madrid Open by edging out Czech qualifier Marketa Vondrousova 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-4 at the Caja Magica on Thursday afternoon.
Linette, ranked No 19, will play Russian wildcard Mirra Andreeva, the 15-year-old who is riding a 15-match pro winning streak, next.
Vondrousova, ranked No 80, defeated Spanish wildcard Marina Bassols Ribera (6-1, 6-3) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.
Madrid WTA 1000, other 64 results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 7.652.174, most recent results first):
- Iga Swiatek vs. Julia Grabher
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Xiyu Wang vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Jessica Pegula vs. Magdalena Frech
- Jil Teichmann vs. Lesia Tsurenko
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Alycia Parks vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Alize Cornet vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Elena Rybakina
- Martina Trevisan vs. Eugenie Bouchard
- Petra Martic vs. Laura Siegemund
- Tatjana Maria vs. Bernarda Pera
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Danka Kovinic
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Catherine McNally
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Ana Bogdan vs. Shelby Rogers
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Karolina Muchova
- Caroline Garcia vs. Yulia Putintseva: thursday
- Mayar Sherif beat Anhelina Kalinina (30): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
- Elise Mertens (24) beat Rebecca Marino: 6-3, 6-1
- Liudmila Samsonova (14) beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-2, 6-3
- Paula Badosa (26) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
- Jelena Ostapenko (19) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 6-0, 6-3
- Camila Osorio (WC) beat Marta Kostyuk (32): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Coco Gauff (6) beat Irene Burillo Escorihuela (Q): 6-4, 6-1
- Rebeka Masarova (WC) beat Donna Vekic (20): 6-1, 7-6 (5)
- Jule Niemeier beat Petra Kvitova (10): 7-6 (9), 6-1
- Mirra Andreeva beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 7-6 (6), 6-3
- Maria Sakkari (9) beat Arantxa Rus (Q): 6-4, 6-4
