Andreeva sets up quarter-final against Gauff in Madrid
Mirra Andreeva beat Yuliia Starodubtseva 6-1, 6-4 on Monday. She’ll play American Coco Gauff, the No 4 seed, in the next round
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Russian Mirra Andreeva, the No 7 seed, won against Ukrainian qualifier Yuliia Starodubtseva 6-1, 6-4 to move into the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open at the Caja Mágica on Monday.
Andreeva, ranked No 7, will face American Coco Gauff, the No 4 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the 18-year-old Russian defeated Marie Bouzkova (6-3, 6-4) and Pole Magdalena Frech, the No 27 seed (7-5, 6-3).
Starodubtseva, ranked No 99, won against wildcard Linda Fruhvirtova (6-2, 6-2), Italian lucky loser Elisabetta Cocciaretto (7-6 (5), 6-4) and Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 18 seed (2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-0) in the previous rounds of the Madrid tournament.
Madrid WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 7.854.000, most recent results first):
- Elina Svitolina vs. Maria Sakkari
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Peyton Stearns
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Madison Keys vs. Donna Vekic
- Diana Shnaider vs. Iga Swiatek
- Coco Gauff beat Belinda Bencic: 6-4, 6-2
