Madrid Open: Maria edges past Stearns to book spot in second round

German Tatjana Maria moved into the second round of the Madrid Open by edging out American Peyton Stearns 6-7 (4), 6-2, 7-6 (5) at the Caja Magica.

Maria, ranked No 67, will face No 23 seed Victoria Azarenka next.

Madrid WTA 1000, other first-round results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):

• Lauren Davis vs. Mayar Sherif
• Yafan Wang vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Yue Yuan
• Sloane Stephens vs. Martina Trevisan
• Magda Linette vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Robin Montgomery vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Nao Hibino vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Lin Zhu vs. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva
• Xinyu Wang vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Taylor Townsend
• Shuai Zhang vs. Shelby Rogers
• Sofia Kenin vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
• Diana Shnaider vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Xiyu Wang vs. Ana Bogdan
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Linda Fruhvirtova: tuesday
• Nadia Podoroska beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-2, 7-6 (2)
• Arantxa Rus beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (WC): 7-5, 6-3
• Alexandra Eala (WC) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 2-6, 6-4, 6-4