Madrid Open: Li moves into second round
Ann Li beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday and will play No 25 seed Leylah Fernandez in the next round
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American Ann Li won against Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3, 6-2 to move into the second round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Mágica on Wednesday.
Li, ranked No 62, will face No 25 seed Leylah Fernandez 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
- Belinda Bencic vs. Zeynep Sonmez
- Xinyu Wang vs. Maria Sakkari
- Alycia Parks vs. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva
- Bernarda Pera vs. Jana Fett
- Anastasija Sevastova vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: wednesday
- Katie Volynets beat Petra Kvitova: 6-4, 6-0
- Maya Joint vs. Carlota Martinez Cirez: wednesday
- Diane Parry vs. Irina-Camelia Begu: wednesday
- 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
