Madrid Open: Keys advances to third round
The American will take on the winner of the match between Japanese Naomi Osaka and Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 15 seed, in the next round
Madison Keys at Roland-Garros (Zuma/Panoramic)
American Madison Keys, the No 18 seed, reached the third round of the Madrid Open by winning against Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6) at the Caja Magica on Thursday.
Keys, ranked No 20, will face the winner of the match between Japanese Naomi Osaka and Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 15 seed, next.
Begu, ranked No 128, beat wildcard Linda Fruhvirtova (6-4, 7-6) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.
Madrid WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Caja Magica, clay, USD 8,770,480):
- Maria Sakkari (5) beat Donna Vekic: 6-3, 6-2
- Victoria Azarenka (23) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-3, 6-1
- Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Elina Svitolina (16): 6-3, 7-5
- Magda Linette vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Katie Boulter vs. Robin Montgomery
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Danielle Collins vs. Olga Danilovic
- Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Caroline Garcia vs. Xinyu Wang
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Linda Noskova
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Shelby Rogers
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Elena Rybakina
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Mayar Sherif
- Sara Bejlek vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Daria Saville
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Iga Swiatek vs. Xiyu Wang
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Ons Jabeur
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Elise Mertens vs. Sloane Stephens
- Coco Gauff vs. Arantxa Rus
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Sara Errani
- Alexandra Eala vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Naomi Osaka vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Emma Navarro
- Emiliana Arango vs. Dayana Yastremska
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