Madrid Open: Bejlek advances to third round
Sara Bejlek won against Anna Kalinskaya 6-1, 6-4 on Friday. She’ll face American Ashlyn Krueger in the next round
Sara Bejlek, Colina Open 2023
Qualifier Sara Bejlek defeated Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 24 seed, 6-1, 6-4 to reach the third round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica on Friday.
Bejlek, ranked No 136, will face American Ashlyn Krueger next.
Sara Bejlek won against Russian Anna Blinkova (4-6, 6-3, 6-3) ahead of her victory. Prior to Madrid, the 18-year-old had never won a WTA main draw match before.
As a junior she was a semi-finalist at Roland-Garros in 2022.
Madrid WTA 1000, other second-round results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):
- Danielle Collins vs. Olga Danilovic
- Katie Boulter vs. Robin Montgomery
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Shelby Rogers: friday
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Barbora Krejcikova: friday
- Yulia Putintseva beat Qinwen Zheng (6): 7-5, 2-0 ret.
- Mayar Sherif beat Marta Kostyuk (25): 6-2, 7-5
- Caroline Dolehide beat Anhelina Kalinina (30): 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-3
- Ashlyn Krueger beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (14): 6-3, 6-3
- Daria Kasatkina (10) beat Cristina Bucsa: 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Magda Linette: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Jasmine Paolini (12) beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (WC): 6-0, 6-1
- Caroline Garcia (21) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-1, 6-4
- Mirra Andreeva beat Linda Noskova (29): 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Elena Rybakina (4) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-4, 6-3
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (20) beat Daria Saville (LL): 6-1, 6-4
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-1, 6-4
- Leylah Fernandez (32) beat Anastasia Potapova: 7-5, 6-3
- Sloane Stephens beat Elise Mertens (28): 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Ons Jabeur (8) beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Arantxa Rus: 6-0, 6-0
- Maria Lourdes Carle (Q) beat Veronika Kudermetova (17): 6-4, 6-4
- Sorana Cirstea (27) beat Alexandra Eala (WC): 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-4
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (11) beat Sara Errani (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Liudmila Samsonova (15) beat Naomi Osaka: 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
- Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Emma Navarro (19) beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-2, 6-1
- Dayana Yastremska (31) beat Emiliana Arango (Q): 0-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Maria Sakkari (5) beat Donna Vekic: 6-3, 6-2
- Victoria Azarenka (23) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-3, 6-1
- Madison Keys (18) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6)
- Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Elina Svitolina (16): 6-3, 7-5
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