Madrid Open: Blinkova reaches second round

Russian qualifier Anna Blinkova reached the second round of the Madrid Open by winning against Hungarian qualifier Panna Udvardy 6-4, 6-2 at the Caja Mágica on Wednesday.

Blinkova, ranked No 76, will play top seed Aryna Sabalenka next.

Madrid WTA 1000, other first-round results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 7.854.000, most recent results first):

• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Sonay Kartal
• McCartney Kessler vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Eva Lys vs. Teodora Kostovic
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Olga Danilovic
• Francesca Jones vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Robin Montgomery
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Polina Kudermetova
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Anastasia Potapova: wednesday
• Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Linda Fruhvirtova: wednesday
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Rebeka Masarova: wednesday
• Emma Raducanu beat Suzan Lamens: 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Maria Sakkari beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Maria Lourdes Carle (Q) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 6-3, 6-2
• Belinda Bencic beat Zeynep Sonmez (Q): 6-0, 6-2
• Alycia Parks beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Bernarda Pera (LL) beat Jana Fett (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Anastasija Sevastova beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-4, 7-5
• Katie Volynets beat Petra Kvitova: 6-4, 6-0
• Maya Joint (Q) beat Carlota Martinez Cirez (WC): 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
• Diane Parry (Q) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-3, 6-4
• Ann Li beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Peyton Stearns beat Kimberly Birrell: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
• Camila Osorio beat Emiliana Arango (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Lulu Sun beat Varvara Gracheva: 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Katie Boulter beat Katerina Siniakova: 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
• Hailey Baptiste (WC) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (4)
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 6-1
• Marie Bouzkova beat Renata Zarazua: 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Naomi Osaka: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Alexandra Eala (WC) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-2
• Caroline Dolehide beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-4, 6-4