Madrid Open: Begu gets Past Muchova in round 2

Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 31 seed, reached the third round of the Madrid Open by beating Czech Karolina Muchova 6-4, 7-5 at the Caja Magica on Thursday evening.

Begu, ranked No 35, will face the winner of the match between Romanian Ana Bogdan and American Shelby Rogers, the No 33 seed, next.

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In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Muchova, ranked No 52, won against Estonian Anett Kontaveit (6-2, 6-2).

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: thursday
• Ana Bogdan vs. Shelby Rogers: thursday
• Caroline Garcia (5) beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-3, 6-4
• Mayar Sherif beat Anhelina Kalinina (30): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• Elise Mertens (24) beat Rebecca Marino: 6-3, 6-1
• Magda Linette (17) beat Marketa Vondrousova (Q): 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-4
• 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 (WC) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Maria Sakkari (9) beat Arantxa Rus (Q): 6-4, 6-4