Madrid Open: Kvitova beaten by Volynets in first round

Petra Kvitova is still chasing her first win since returning from the birth of her first child after she was beaten 6-4, 6-0 by American Katie Volynets in the first round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Mágica on Wednesday.

The two-time Wimbledon champion, three times the winner in Madrid, led 4-1 in the first set but let slip the advantage, with 42 unforced errors telling their own story.

Volynets, ranked No 70, will play No 13 seed Diana Shnaider next.

Madrid WTA 1000, other first-round results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 7.854.000, most recent results first):

• McCartney Kessler vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Sonay Kartal
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Olga Danilovic
• Eva Lys vs. Teodora Kostovic
• Francesca Jones vs. Dayana Yastremska

• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Robin Montgomery
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Polina Kudermetova
• Suzan Lamens vs. Emma Raducanu
• Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Anna Blinkova vs. Panna Udvardy
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Rebecca Sramkova
• Xinyu Wang vs. Maria Sakkari
• Belinda Bencic vs. Zeynep Sonmez
• Alycia Parks vs. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva
• Bernarda Pera vs. Jana Fett: wednesday
• Anastasija Sevastova vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: wednesday
• Maya Joint vs. Carlota Martinez Cirez: wednesday
• Diane Parry (Q) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-3, 6-4
• Ann Li beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Peyton Stearns beat Kimberly Birrell: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
• Camila Osorio beat Emiliana Arango (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Lulu Sun beat Varvara Gracheva: 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Katie Boulter beat Katerina Siniakova: 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
• Hailey Baptiste (WC) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (4)
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 6-1
• Marie Bouzkova beat Renata Zarazua: 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Naomi Osaka: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Alexandra Eala (WC) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-2
• Caroline Dolehide beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-4, 6-4