Madrid Open: Li through to third round

American Ann Li edged out Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 25 seed, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to move into the third round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Mágica on Thursday.

Li, ranked No 62, will face the winner of the match between Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska and American Coco Gauff, the No 4 seed, next.

The American won against Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich (6-3, 6-2) ahead of her victory.

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

• Elena Rybakina vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Jessica Pegula vs. Eva Lys
• Emma Raducanu vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Sonay Kartal vs. Elina Svitolina
• Sofia Kenin vs. Lulu Sun
• Camila Osorio vs. Elise Mertens
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Olga Danilovic
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Ons Jabeur
• Peyton Stearns vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anna Blinkova
• Katie Boulter vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Magda Linette vs. Maria Sakkari
• Alycia Parks vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Paula Badosa vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Coco Gauff: thursday
• Madison Keys vs. Lucia Bronzetti: thursday
• Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto (LL): 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Anastasija Sevastova beat Jelena Ostapenko (23): 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Iga Swiatek (2) beat Alexandra Eala (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Linda Noskova (31) beat Maria Lourdes Carle (Q): 7-5, 6-1
• Diana Shnaider (13) beat Katie Volynets: 6-1, 6-2
• Emma Navarro (11) beat Maya Joint (Q): 7-5, 7-5
• Mirra Andreeva (7) beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-3, 6-4
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (16) beat Bernarda Pera (LL): 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Anna Kalinskaya (30) beat Diane Parry (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Donna Vekic (19) beat Hailey Baptiste (WC): 6-4, 6-3
• Liudmila Samsonova (18) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-4, 6-4
• Magdalena Frech (27) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Belinda Bencic beat Clara Tauson (20): 7-5, 7-5