Madrid Open: Masarova upends Vekic to reach third round
Rebeka Masarova won against Donna Vekic 6-1, 7-6 (5) on Thursday afternoon. She’ll face Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 9 seed, in the next round
Rebeka Masarova, Photosport / Panoramic
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
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