Madrid Open: Mertens knocks out Osorio to reach third round
Elise Mertens won against Camila Osorio 6-3, 6-3 on Friday and will face Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, in the next round
Elise Mertens, Stuttgart 2024
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Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 28 seed, moved into the third round of the Madrid Open by winning against Colombian Camila Osorio 6-3, 6-3 at the Caja Mágica.
Mertens, ranked No 26, will face Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, next.
Osorio, ranked No 51, beat wildcard Emiliana Arango (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
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Rebeka Masarova
- Emma Raducanu vs. Marta Kostyuk: friday
- Elina Svitolina (17) beat Sonay Kartal: 6-3, 6-1
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Qinwen Zheng: friday
- Sofia Kenin (32) beat Lulu Sun: 6-3, 6-2
- Peyton Stearns beat Amanda Anisimova (15): 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (21) beat Olga Danilovic: 6-3, 6-4
- Moyuka Uchijima beat Ons Jabeur (26): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Aryna Sabalenka beat Anna Blinkova (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Jasmine Paolini (6) beat Katie Boulter: 6-1, 6-2
- Maria Sakkari beat Magda Linette (29): 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Veronika Kudermetova beat Cristina Bucsa (LL): 4-6, 7-6 (1), 7-5
- Daria Kasatkina (14) beat Alycia Parks: 6-2, 7-5
- 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
