Madrid Open: Qualifier Masarova upsets Putintseva to make third round
Rebeka Masarova won against Yulia Putintseva 6-3, 6-3 on Friday and will face Peyton Stearns in the next round
Rebeka Masarova, Madrid Open, 2024 © Zuma / Psnewz
Swiss qualifier Rebeka Masarova won against Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 22 seed, 6-3, 6-3 to move into the third round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Mágica.
Masarova, ranked No 153, will face Peyton Stearns next.
Ahead of her victory, the Swiss edged out Australian wildcard Ajla Tomljanovic (6-3, 1-6, 7-5).
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
- Emma Raducanu vs. Marta Kostyuk: friday
- Elina Svitolina (17) beat Sonay Kartal: 6-3, 6-1
- Anastasia Potapova beat Qinwen Zheng (8): 6-4, 6-4
- Elise Mertens (28) beat Camila Osorio: 6-3, 6-3
- 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 (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
