Madrid Open: Maria edges past Stearns to book spot in second round
Tatjana Maria edged out Peyton Stearns 6-7 (4), 6-2, 7-6 (5) on Tuesday and will face No 23 seed Victoria Azarenka in the next round
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German Tatjana Maria moved into the second round of the Madrid Open by edging out American Peyton Stearns 6-7 (4), 6-2, 7-6 (5) at the Caja Magica.
Maria, ranked No 67, will face No 23 seed Victoria Azarenka next.
Madrid WTA 1000, other first-round results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):
- Lauren Davis vs. Mayar Sherif
- Yafan Wang vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Yue Yuan
- Sloane Stephens vs. Martina Trevisan
- Magda Linette vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Robin Montgomery vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Nao Hibino vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Lin Zhu vs. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva
- Xinyu Wang vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Taylor Townsend
- Shuai Zhang vs. Shelby Rogers
- Sofia Kenin vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
- Diana Shnaider vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Xiyu Wang vs. Ana Bogdan
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Linda Fruhvirtova: tuesday
- Nadia Podoroska beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-2, 7-6 (2)
- Arantxa Rus beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (WC): 7-5, 6-3
- Alexandra Eala (WC) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
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