Madrid Open: Keys beats Kalinskaya to avenge recent Charleston loss

Australian Open champion Madison Keys, the No 5 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Madrid Open by winning against Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 30 seed, 7-5, 7-6 (3) at the Caja Mágica on Saturday.

The win avenged a recent loss to Kalinskaya in Charleston for Keys, who now leads their overall head-to-head 2-1

Keys, ranked No 5 in the world, will play the winner of the match between Croat Donna Vekic, the No 19 seed, and fellow American Emma Navarro, the No 11 seed, next.

In the previous round of the tournament, Keys beat Italian Lucia Bronzetti (6-4, 6-3) while Kalinskaya, ranked No 29, defeated French qualifier Diane Parry (7-6 (4), 6-4).

Madrid WTA 1000, other third-round matches (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 7,854,000):

• Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) beat Liudmila Samsonova (18): 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-0
• Diana Shnaider (13) beat Anastasija Sevastova: 6-0, 6-0
• Mirra Andreeva (7) beat Magdalena Frech (27): 7-5, 6-3
• Maria Sakkari vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Elena Rybakina vs. Elina Svitolina
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Jessica Pegula vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Sofia Kenin vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Peyton Stearns
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Elise Mertens
• Donna Vekic vs. Emma Navarro
• Linda Noskova vs. Iga Swiatek
• Ann Li vs. Coco Gauff
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Belinda Bencic

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