Madrid Open: Paolini books spot in third round
The Italian will face Poland’s Magda Linette, the No 29 seed, or Greek Maria Sakkari in the next round
Jasmine Paolini in Rome (Zuma/Panoramic)
Italy’s Jasmine Paolini, the No 6 seed, advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open by defeating Great Britain’s Katie Boulter 6-1, 6-2 at the Caja Mágica on Friday.
This was the Italian’s 16th match win of the season.
Paolini, ranked No 6, will face the winner of the match between Pole Magda Linette, the No 29 seed, and Greek Maria Sakkari next.
In the previous round of the tournament, Boulter, ranked No 40, won against Katerina Siniakova (4-6, 6-2, 6-1) while Paolini received a first-round bye.
Madrid WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 7,854,000):
- Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto (LL): 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Anastasija Sevastova beat Jelena Ostapenko (23): 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Iga Swiatek (2) beat Alexandra Eala (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Linda Noskova (31) beat Maria Lourdes Carle (Q): 7-5, 6-1
- Diana Shnaider (13) beat Katie Volynets: 6-1, 6-2
- Emma Navarro (11) beat Maya Joint (Q): 7-5, 7-5
- Mirra Andreeva (7) beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-3, 6-4
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (16) beat Bernarda Pera (LL): 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Anna Kalinskaya (30) beat Diane Parry (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Donna Vekic (19) beat Hailey Baptiste (WC): 6-4, 6-3
- Liudmila Samsonova (18) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-4, 6-4
- Magdalena Frech (27) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Belinda Bencic beat Clara Tauson (20): 7-5, 7-5
- Elena Rybakina vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Jessica Pegula vs. Eva Lys
- Emma Raducanu vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Rebeka Masarova
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Sonay Kartal vs. Elina Svitolina
- Sofia Kenin vs. Lulu Sun
- Camila Osorio vs. Elise Mertens
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Olga Danilovic
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Ons Jabeur
- Peyton Stearns vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anna Blinkova
- Magda Linette vs. Maria Sakkari
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Alycia Parks vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Coco Gauff (4) beat Dayana Yastremska: 0-6, 6-2, 7-5
- Madison Keys (5) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-4, 6-3
- Ann Li beat Leylah Fernandez (25): 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
