Madrid Open: Krejcikova moves into round of 16, sets up Martic clash
Barbora Krejcikova won against Xiyu Wang 6-4, 6-1 on Sunday. She’ll play Croat Petra Martic, the No 27 seed, in the next round
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Czech Barbora Krejcikova, the No 11 seed, advanced to the round of 16 at the Madrid Open by winning against Chinese Xiyu Wang 6-4, 6-1 at the Caja Magica on Sunday.
Krejcikova, ranked No 12, will play Croat Petra Martic, the No 27 seed, next.
The Czech defeated Montenegrin Danka Kovinic (6-3, 4-6, 6-0) ahead of her victory.
Earlier in the tournament, Wang, ranked No 65, edged out Russian Varvara Gracheva (6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4) and beat Canadian Bianca Andreescu, the No 23 seed (3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2).
Madrid WTA 1000, other results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 7.652.174, most recent results first):
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Bernarda Pera (28): 6-3, 6-2
- Petra Martic beat Anna Kalinskaya: 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Marie Bouzkova (29): 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Veronika Kudermetova (12) beat Anastasia Potapova (21): 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-3
- Daria Kasatkina (8) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-4, 6-2
- Martina Trevisan (18) beat Alycia Parks: 7-6 (3), 6-1
- Maria Sakkari (9) beat Rebeka Masarova (WC): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Mayar Sherif beat Caroline Garcia (5): 7-6 (2), 6-3
- Paula Badosa (26) beat Coco Gauff (6): 6-3, 6-0
- Mirra Andreeva (WC) beat Magda Linette (17): 6-3, 6-3
- Liudmila Samsonova (14) beat Jelena Ostapenko (19): 6-2, 6-0
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Camila Osorio (WC): 6-4, 7-5
- Elise Mertens (24) beat Jule Niemeier: 6-3, 6-4
- Irina-Camelia Begu (31) beat Shelby Rogers (33): 7-5, 6-2
