Madrid Open: Fernandez reaches third round, faces Jabeur next
Leylah Fernandez won against Anastasia Potapova 7-5, 6-3 on Thursday evening and will play Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 8 seed, in the next round
Leylah Fernandez in Madrid in 2024 (Zuma/Panoramic)
Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 32 seed, advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open by beating Russian Anastasia Potapova 7-5, 6-3 at the Caja Magica on Thursday evening.
Fernandez, ranked No 35, will play Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 8 seed, next.
Potapova, ranked No 39, won against Diana Shnaider (7-5, 6-4) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.
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: thursday
- Sloane Stephens beat Elise Mertens (28): 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Ons Jabeur beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Arantxa Rus: 6-0, 6-0
- Maria Lourdes Carle (Q) beat Veronika Kudermetova (17): 6-4, 6-4
- Sorana Cirstea (27) beat Alexandra Eala (WC): 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-4
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (11) beat Sara Errani (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Liudmila Samsonova (15) beat Naomi Osaka: 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
- 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 (18) 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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