Madrid Open: Top seed Sabalenka through to third round

Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed and world No 1, won against Russian qualifier Anna Blinkova 6-3, 6-4 to move into the third round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Mágica on Friday.

This was the Belarusian’s 27th win of the season. She is a two-time champion in Madrid and also reached the final here last year.

Sabalenka will face the winner of the match between Colombian Camila Osorio and Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 28 seed, next.

In the previous round of the tournament, Blinkova, ranked No 76, defeated Hungarian qualifier Panna Udvardy (6-4, 6-2).

Madrid WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 7,854,000):

• Jasmine Paolini (6) beat Katie Boulter: 6-1, 6-2
• Maria Sakkari beat Magda Linette (29): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Veronika Kudermetova beat Cristina Bucsa (LL): 4-6, 7-6 (1), 7-5
• Daria Kasatkina (14) beat Alycia Parks: 6-2, 7-5
• 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
• 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
• Peyton Stearns vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Olga Danilovic
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Ons Jabeur

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