Kenin scores career-first win in Madrid Open to reach third round

American Sofia Kenin, the No 32 seed, advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open by winning against New Zealand’s Lulu Sun 6-3, 6-2 at the Caja Mágica on Friday.

This was the American’s first career win in Madrid, having lost her opening match in four previous appearances at this event.

Kenin, ranked No 32 and a former Australian Open champion, will face the winner of the match between Russian Anastasia Potapova and Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 8 seed, next.

In the previous round of the tournament, Sun, ranked No 45, edged out Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva (3-6, 6-1, 6-4) while Kenin received a first-round bye.

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

• Ekaterina Alexandrova (21) beat Olga Danilovic: 6-3, 6-4
• Moyuka Uchijima beat Ons Jabeur (26): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• 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 (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
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Emma Raducanu vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Sonay Kartal vs. Elina Svitolina
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Camila Osorio vs. Elise Mertens
• Peyton Stearns vs. Amanda Anisimova

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