Madrid Open: Bencic into third round
Belinda Bencic beat Clara Tauson 7-5, 7-5 on Thursday and will play the winner of the match between Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 16 seed, and American lucky loser Bernarda Pera in the next round
Belinda Bencic at the 2025 Mutua Madrid Open (Zuma/PSNewz)
Swiss Belinda Bencic moved into the third round of the Madrid Open by beating Dane Clara Tauson, the No 20 seed, 7-5, 7-5 at the Caja Mágica on Thursday.
Bencic, ranked No 42, will face the winner of the match between Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 16 seed, and American lucky loser Bernarda Pera next.
The Swiss won against qualifier Zeynep Sonmez (6-0, 6-2) ahead of her victory.
Madrid WTA 1000, other second-round results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 7.854.000, most recent results first):
- Katie Boulter vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Magda Linette vs. Maria Sakkari
- Sonay Kartal vs. Elina Svitolina
- Elena Rybakina vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Alycia Parks vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Olga Danilovic
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Ons Jabeur
- Jessica Pegula vs. Eva Lys
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Sofia Kenin vs. Lulu Sun
- Emma Raducanu vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Paula Badosa vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Peyton Stearns vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Rebeka Masarova
- Camila Osorio vs. Elise Mertens
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anna Blinkova
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Coco Gauff
- Madison Keys vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Ann Li
- Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Anastasija Sevastova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Alexandra Eala vs. Iga Swiatek
- Linda Noskova vs. Maria Lourdes Carle
- Diana Shnaider vs. Katie Volynets
- Maya Joint vs. Emma Navarro
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Bernarda Pera: thursday
- Diane Parry vs. Anna Kalinskaya: thursday
- Donna Vekic (19) beat Hailey Baptiste (WC): 6-4, 6-3
- Liudmila Samsonova (18) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-4, 6-4
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Magdalena Frech: thursday
