Madrid Open: Svitolina downs Rybakina to ease into last 16

Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 17 seed, beat Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 10 seed, 6-3, 6-4 to move into the last 16 of the Madrid Open at the Caja Mágica.

Svitolina, ranked No 17, will face Greek Maria Sakkari next. The Ukrainian is unbeaten on clay this year, taking her win streak to nine matches after her title in Rouen last time out.

In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, the Ukrainian won against Sonay Kartal (6-3, 6-1).

Rybakina, ranked No 11, defeated Canadian Bianca Andreescu (6-3, 6-2) during the second round of the Madrid tournament.

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

• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Peyton Stearns beat Rebeka Masarova (Q): 6-2, 6-0
• Moyuka Uchijima beat Jessica Pegula (3): 6-3, 6-2
• Maria Sakkari beat Jasmine Paolini (6): 6-2, 6-1
• Anastasia Potapova beat Sofia Kenin (32): 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Marta Kostyuk (24) beat Veronika Kudermetova: 6-0, 4-6, 6-4
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Elise Mertens (28): 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
• Donna Vekic (19) beat Emma Navarro (11): 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Iga Swiatek (2) beat Linda Noskova (31): 6-4, 6-2
• Coco Gauff (4) beat Ann Li: 6-2, 6-3
• Belinda Bencic beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (16): 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (2)
• Madison Keys (5) beat Anna Kalinskaya (30): 7-5, 7-6 (3)
• Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) beat Liudmila Samsonova (18): 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-0
• Diana Shnaider (13) beat Anastasija Sevastova: 6-0, 6-0
• Mirra Andreeva (7) beat Magdalena Frech (27): 7-5, 6-3