Madrid Open: Samsonova reaches third round, plays Keys next
Liudmila Samsonova edged out Naomi Osaka 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 on Thursday afternoon. She’ll play American Madison Keys, the No 18 seed, in the next round
Liudmila Samsonova in Madrid in 2023 (Laurent Lairys/Panoramic)
Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 15 seed, moved into the third round of the Madrid Open by edging out Japanese Naomi Osaka 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 at the Caja Magica on Thursday afternoon.
Samsonova, ranked No 17, will face American Madison Keys, the No 18 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Osaka, ranked No 197, won against Belgian lucky loser Greet Minnen (6-4, 6-1).
Madrid WTA 1000, other second-round results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):
- Danielle Collins vs. Olga Danilovic
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Shelby Rogers
- Katie Boulter vs. Robin Montgomery
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Mayar Sherif
- Sara Bejlek vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Magda Linette vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Caroline Garcia vs. Xinyu Wang
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Linda Noskova
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Elena Rybakina
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Daria Saville
- Iga Swiatek vs. Xiyu Wang
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Ons Jabeur
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Elise Mertens vs. Sloane Stephens
- Coco Gauff vs. Arantxa Rus: thursday
- Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Veronika Kudermetova: thursday
- Alexandra Eala vs. Sorana Cirstea: thursday
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (11) beat Sara Errani (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Emma Navarro (19) beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-2, 6-1
- Dayana Yastremska (31) beat Emiliana Arango (Q): 0-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Maria Sakkari (5) beat Donna Vekic: 6-3, 6-2
- Victoria Azarenka (23) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-3, 6-1
- Madison Keys beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6)
- Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Elina Svitolina (16): 6-3, 7-5
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