Madrid Open: Jabeur into third round

Former champion Ons Jabeur, the No 8 seed, advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open by winning against Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 at the Caja Magica on Thursday evening.

Jabeur, ranked No 9, will play the winner of the match between Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 32 seed, and Russian Anastasia Potapova next.

Schmiedlova, ranked No 68, beat American Sofia Kenin (6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.

Madrid WTA 1000, other second-round results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):

• Danielle Collins vs. Olga Danilovic
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Shelby Rogers
• Katie Boulter vs. Robin Montgomery
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Mayar Sherif
• Sara Bejlek vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Magda Linette vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Caroline Garcia vs. Xinyu Wang
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Linda Noskova
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Elena Rybakina
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Daria Saville
• Iga Swiatek vs. Xiyu Wang: thursday
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Anastasia Potapova: thursday
• Elise Mertens vs. Sloane Stephens: thursday
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Arantxa Rus: 6-0, 6-0
• Maria Lourdes Carle (Q) beat Veronika Kudermetova (17): 6-4, 6-4
• Sorana Cirstea (27) beat Alexandra Eala (WC): 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-4
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (11) beat Sara Errani (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Liudmila Samsonova (15) beat Naomi Osaka: 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
• Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Emma Navarro (19) beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-2, 6-1
• Dayana Yastremska (31) beat Emiliana Arango (Q): 0-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Maria Sakkari (5) beat Donna Vekic: 6-3, 6-2
• Victoria Azarenka (23) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-3, 6-1
• Madison Keys (18) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6)
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Elina Svitolina (16): 6-3, 7-5