Madrid Open: Pegula too strong for Lys, marches into third round
Jessica Pegula won against Eva Lys 6-2, 6-2 on Friday evening and will face Japanese Moyuka Uchijima in the next round
Tennis – Madrid Open – Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain – April 28, 2023 Jessica Pegula of the U.S. reacts during her round of 64 match against Poland’s Magdalena Frech (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, beat German Eva Lys 6-2, 6-2 to reach the third round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Mágica.
Pegula, ranked No 3, will face Japanese Moyuka Uchijima next.
Lys, ranked No 68, won against Serb qualifier Teodora Kostovic (6-2, 6-2) 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
- Rebeka Masarova (Q) beat Yulia Putintseva (22): 6-3, 6-3
- Marta Kostyuk (24) beat Emma Raducanu: 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
- 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
