Madrid Open: Mertens knocks out Osorio to reach third round

Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 28 seed, moved into the third round of the Madrid Open by winning against Colombian Camila Osorio 6-3, 6-3 at the Caja Mágica.

Mertens, ranked No 26, will face Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, next.

Osorio, ranked No 51, beat wildcard Emiliana Arango (6-3, 6-3) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.

Madrid WTA 1000, other second-round results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 7.854.000, most recent results first):

• Elena Rybakina vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Jessica Pegula vs. Eva Lys
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Emma Raducanu vs. Marta Kostyuk: friday
• Elina Svitolina (17) beat Sonay Kartal: 6-3, 6-1
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Qinwen Zheng: friday
• Sofia Kenin (32) beat Lulu Sun: 6-3, 6-2
• Peyton Stearns beat Amanda Anisimova (15): 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (21) beat Olga Danilovic: 6-3, 6-4
• Moyuka Uchijima beat Ons Jabeur (26): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Aryna Sabalenka 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