Madrid Open: Gauff eases into round three, could play Badosa next

American Coco Gauff, the No 6 seed, defeated Spanish qualifier Irene Burillo Escorihuela 6-4, 6-1 to move into the third round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica on Thursday.

Gauff, ranked No 6, will play the winner of the match between Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 26 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Burillo Escorihuela, ranked No 318, edged out Estonian Kaia Kanepi (6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4).

Madrid WTA 1000, other 64 results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 7.652.174, most recent results first):

• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Jil Teichmann vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
• Alycia Parks vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Martina Trevisan vs. Eugenie Bouchard
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Jessica Pegula vs. Magdalena Frech
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Elena Rybakina
• Petra Martic vs. Laura Siegemund
• Xiyu Wang vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Danka Kovinic
• Alize Cornet vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Catherine McNally
• Tatjana Maria vs. Bernarda Pera
• Iga Swiatek vs. Julia Grabher
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Caroline Garcia vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Ana Bogdan vs. Shelby Rogers
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Karolina Muchova
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Magda Linette
• Mayar Sherif vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Elise Mertens vs. Rebecca Marino
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Maryna Zanevska
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Paula Badosa
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Jelena Ostapenko: thursday
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Camila Osorio: thursday
• Donna Vekic vs. Rebeka Masarova: thursday
• Jule Niemeier beat Petra Kvitova (10): 7-6 (9), 6-1
• Mirra Andreeva (WC) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Maria Sakkari (9) beat Arantxa Rus (Q): 6-4, 6-4