Madrid Open: Kostyuk moves into last 16
Marta Kostyuk edged out Veronika Kudermetova 6-0, 4-6, 6-4 on Sunday and will face the winner of the match between American Sofia Kenin, the No 32 seed, and Russian Anastasia Potapova in the next round
Marta Kostyuk – Zuma / Panoramic
Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 24 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Madrid Open by edging out Russian Veronika Kudermetova 6-0, 4-6, 6-4 at the Caja Mágica on Sunday.
Kostyuk, ranked No 36, will face the winner of the match between American Sofia Kenin, the No 32 seed, and Russian Anastasia Potapova next.
Kostyuk even managed an unusual ace when the ball hit the top of her racquet, somehow landed in and spun wickedly sideways.
The 22-year-old Ukrainian defeated Emma Raducanu (6-4, 2-6, 6-2) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.
In the previous rounds of the Madrid tournament, Kudermetova, ranked No 52, won against Polina Kudermetova (6-2, 6-2) and edged out Spanish lucky loser Cristina Bucsa (4-6, 7-6 (1), 7-5).
Madrid WTA 1000, other third-round results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 7.854.000, most recent results first):
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Elena Rybakina vs. Elina Svitolina
- Jessica Pegula vs. Moyuka Uchijima
- Rebeka Masarova vs. Peyton Stearns
- Maria Sakkari vs. Jasmine Paolini: sunday
- Sofia Kenin vs. Anastasia Potapova: sunday
- Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Elise Mertens (28): 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
- Donna Vekic (19) beat Emma Navarro (11): 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Iga Swiatek (2) beat Linda Noskova (31): 6-4, 6-2
- Coco Gauff (4) beat Ann Li: 6-2, 6-3
- Belinda Bencic beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (16): 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (2)
- Madison Keys (5) beat Anna Kalinskaya (30): 7-5, 7-6 (3)
- 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
