Madrid Open: Excellent Vekic fights back to beat Navarro and reach last 16
Donna Vekic won against Emma Navarro 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Saturday evening. She’ll face American Madison Keys, the No 5 seed, in the next round
Donna Vekic, Madrid 2024
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Croat Donna Vekic, the No 19 seed, reached the last 16 of the Madrid Open by beating American Emma Navarro, the No 11 seed, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 at the Caja Mágica.
Vekic, ranked No 21, will face American Madison Keys, the No 5 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the Croat won against American wildcard Hailey Baptiste (6-4, 6-3).
Navarro, ranked No 10, won against Australian qualifier Maya Joint (7-5, 7-5) 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
- 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 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
