Madrid Open: Britain’s Kartal books spot in second round
Sonay Kartal won against Jaqueline Cristian 6-2, 7-5 on Wednesday evening. She’ll face No 17 seed Elina Svitolina in the next round
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Sonay Kartal won against Romanian Jaqueline Cristian 6-2, 7-5 to move into the second round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Mágica on Wednesday evening.
Kartal, ranked No 60, will play No 17 seed Elina Svitolina next.
Madrid WTA 1000, other first-round results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 7.854.000, most recent results first):
- Bianca Andreescu beat McCartney Kessler: 6-2, 6-4
- Olga Danilovic beat Victoria Azarenka: 6-4, 6-2
- Eva Lys beat Teodora Kostovic (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Dayana Yastremska beat Francesca Jones (Q): 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3
- Moyuka Uchijima beat Robin Montgomery (WC): 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Veronika Kudermetova beat Polina Kudermetova: 6-2, 6-2
- Anastasia Potapova beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2
- Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) beat Linda Fruhvirtova (WC): 6-2, 6-2
- Anna Blinkova (Q) beat Panna Udvardy (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Rebeka Masarova (Q) beat Ajla Tomljanovic (WC): 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
- 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
