Madrid Open: Kasatkina cruises past Parks to reach third round
Daria Kasatkina defeated Alycia Parks 6-2, 7-5. She’ll play the winner of the match between Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 21 seed, and Olga Danilovic next
Daria Kasatkina, Madrid 2023
Australian Daria Kasatkina, the No 14 seed, reached the third round of the Madrid Open by winning against American Alycia Parks 6-2, 7-5 at the Caja Mágica.
Kasatkina, ranked No 14, will face the winner of the match between Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 21 seed, and Serb Olga Danilovic next.
Parks, ranked No 53, defeated Andorran wildcard Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (6-3, 6-3) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.
Madrid WTA 1000, other second-round results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 7.854.000, most recent results first):
- Elena Rybakina vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Jessica Pegula vs. Eva Lys
- Emma Raducanu vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Rebeka Masarova
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Sonay Kartal vs. Elina Svitolina
- Sofia Kenin vs. Lulu Sun
- Camila Osorio vs. Elise Mertens
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Olga Danilovic
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Ons Jabeur
- Peyton Stearns vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anna Blinkova: friday
- Jasmine Paolini (6) beat Katie Boulter: 6-1, 6-2
- Magda Linette vs. Maria Sakkari: friday
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Veronika Kudermetova: friday
- Coco Gauff (4) beat Dayana Yastremska: 0-6, 6-2, 7-5
- Madison Keys (5) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-4, 6-3
- Ann Li beat Leylah Fernandez (25): 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
- Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto (LL): 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Anastasija Sevastova beat Jelena Ostapenko (23): 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Iga Swiatek (2) beat Alexandra Eala (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Linda Noskova (31) beat Maria Lourdes Carle (Q): 7-5, 6-1
- Diana Shnaider (13) beat Katie Volynets: 6-1, 6-2
- Emma Navarro (11) beat Maya Joint (Q): 7-5, 7-5
- Mirra Andreeva (7) beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-3, 6-4
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (16) beat Bernarda Pera (LL): 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Anna Kalinskaya (30) beat Diane Parry (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Donna Vekic (19) beat Hailey Baptiste (WC): 6-4, 6-3
- Liudmila Samsonova (18) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-4, 6-4
- Magdalena Frech (27) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Belinda Bencic beat Clara Tauson (20): 7-5, 7-5
