Madrid Open: Vekic cruises through to second round
Donna Vekic won against Laura Siegemund 6-1, 6-2 on Wednesday afternoon. She’ll play No 5 seed Maria Sakkari in the next round
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Croat Donna Vekic beat German qualifier Laura Siegemund 6-1, 6-2 to move into the second round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica on Wednesday.
Vekic, ranked No 38, will face No 5 seed Maria Sakkari next.
Madrid WTA 1000, other first-round results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Taylor Townsend
- Clara Burel vs. Olga Danilovic
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Daria Saville
- Sara Errani vs. Caroline Wozniacki
- Sara Bejlek vs. Anna Blinkova
- Robin Montgomery vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Nao Hibino vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Zhuoxuan Bai vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Magdalena Frech vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Magda Linette vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Harriet Dart vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Emma Raducanu vs. Maria Lourdes Carle
- Emiliana Arango vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Xinyu Wang vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Shuai Zhang vs. Shelby Rogers
- Naomi Osaka vs. Greet Minnen: wednesday
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Bernarda Pera: wednesday
- Mayar Sherif beat Lauren Davis: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Yulia Putintseva beat Yue Yuan: 6-2, 6-4
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Q) beat Paula Badosa: 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Sloane Stephens beat Martina Trevisan: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
- Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (WC) beat Lin Zhu: 6-4, 6-3
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Sofia Kenin: 6-3, 6-4
- Xiyu Wang beat Ana Bogdan: 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Anastasia Potapova beat Diana Shnaider: 7-5, 6-4
- Irina-Camelia Begu beat Linda Fruhvirtova (WC): 6-4, 7-6
- Tatjana Maria beat Peyton Stearns: 6-7 (4), 6-2, 7-6 (5)
- 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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