Madrid Open: Bencic comes through tough tussle with Haddad Maia to make last 16

Swiss Belinda Bencic edged out Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 16 seed, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (2) to advance to the last 16 of the Madrid Open at the Caja Mágica.

Bencic, ranked No 42, will play No 4 seed Coco Gauff next.

Earlier in the tournament, the Swiss won against qualifier Zeynep Sonmez (6-0, 6-2) and Dane Clara Tauson, the No 20 seed (7-5, 7-5).

Haddad Maia, ranked No 19, beat American lucky loser Bernarda Pera (2-6, 6-3, 6-1) in the previous 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
• Elena Rybakina vs. Elina Svitolina
• Jessica Pegula vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Peyton Stearns
• Maria Sakkari vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Sofia Kenin vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Elise Mertens
• Donna Vekic vs. Emma Navarro
• Linda Noskova vs. Iga Swiatek
• Coco Gauff beat Ann Li: 6-2, 6-3
• 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