Madrid Open: Alexandrova through to face Kasatkina in third round

Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 21 seed, defeated Serb Olga Danilovic 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the third round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Mágica on Friday.

Alexandrova, ranked No 22, will play Australian Daria Kasatkina, the No 14 seed, next.

Danilovic, ranked No 34, had won against Belarusian Victoria Azarenka (6-4, 6-2) in the previous round of the tournament.

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

• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Anna Blinkova (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• 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 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
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Ons Jabeur

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