Madrid Open: Alexandrova into round of 16 against Swiatek
Ekaterina Alexandrova won against Qinwen Zheng 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 on Sunday evening
Ekatarina Alexandrova, 2021
Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 16 seed, was the last to move into the fourth round of the Madrid Open by winning against Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 22 seed, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 at the Caja Magica on Sunday evening.
Alexandrova, ranked No 17, will face Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, next.
In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, the Russian defeated Frenchwoman Alize Cornet (7-6 (2), 6-3). Zheng, ranked No 24, won against American Catherine McNally (6-4, 7-6 (3)).
Madrid WTA 1000, other first-round results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 7.652.174, most recent results first):
- Barbora Krejcikova (11) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-4, 6-1
- Iga Swiatek beat Bernarda Pera (28): 6-3, 6-2
- Petra Martic (27) beat Anna Kalinskaya: 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Marie Bouzkova (29): 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Veronika Kudermetova (12) beat Anastasia Potapova (21): 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-3
- Daria Kasatkina (8) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-4, 6-2
- Martina Trevisan (18) beat Alycia Parks: 7-6 (3), 6-1
- Maria Sakkari (9) beat Rebeka Masarova (WC): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Mayar Sherif beat Caroline Garcia (5): 7-6 (2), 6-3
- Paula Badosa (26) beat Coco Gauff (6): 6-3, 6-0
- Mirra Andreeva (WC) beat Magda Linette (17): 6-3, 6-3
- Liudmila Samsonova (14) beat Jelena Ostapenko (19): 6-2, 6-0
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Camila Osorio (WC): 6-4, 7-5
- Elise Mertens (24) beat Jule Niemeier: 6-3, 6-4
- Irina-Camelia Begu (31) beat Shelby Rogers (33): 7-5, 6-2
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