Kasatkina wins rollercoaster tussle with Bucsa to reach third round in Madrid

Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 10 seed, came through a rollercoaster tussle with Spaniard Cristina Bucsa as she claimed a 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3 victory to reach the third round at the Caja Magica on Friday.

Bucsa came from 5-1 down and set point down to win the opening set and then led 5-2 with two breaks in the second but couldn’t serve it out at 5-3 and Kasatkina hit back superbly to seal the win.

The Russian, ranked No 11, will face Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 20 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Bucsa, ranked No 75, won against qualifier Harriet Dart (6-4, 6-4).

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
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Sara Bejlek vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Yulia Putintseva: friday
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Mayar Sherif: friday
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Anhelina Kalinina: friday
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (14): 6-3, 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 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