Madrid Open: Masarova upends Vekic to reach third round

Spanish wildcard Rebeka Masarova won against Croat Donna Vekic, the No 20 seed, 6-1, 7-6 (5) to move into the third round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica on Thursday.

Masarova, ranked No 74, will play Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 9 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the Spaniard edged out Cristina Bucsa (6-3, 5-7, 6-4).

Madrid WTA 1000, other 64 results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 7.652.174, most recent results first):

• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Jil Teichmann vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
• Alycia Parks vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Martina Trevisan vs. Eugenie Bouchard
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Jessica Pegula vs. Magdalena Frech
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Elena Rybakina
• Petra Martic vs. Laura Siegemund
• Xiyu Wang vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Danka Kovinic
• Alize Cornet vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Catherine McNally
• Tatjana Maria vs. Bernarda Pera
• Iga Swiatek vs. Julia Grabher
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Caroline Garcia vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Ana Bogdan vs. Shelby Rogers
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Karolina Muchova
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Magda Linette
• Mayar Sherif vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Elise Mertens vs. Rebecca Marino
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Maryna Zanevska
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Paula Badosa
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Jelena Ostapenko: thursday
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Camila Osorio: thursday
• Coco Gauff (6) beat Irene Burillo Escorihuela (Q): 6-4, 6-1
• Jule Niemeier beat Petra Kvitova (10): 7-6 (9), 6-1
• Mirra Andreeva (WC) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Maria Sakkari beat Arantxa Rus (Q): 6-4, 6-4