Madrid Open: Ostapenko advances to third round
The former French Open champ will face Argentine qualifier Maria Lourdes Carle or Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 17 seed, in the next round
Jelena Ostapenko in Rome (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 9 seed, reached the third round of the Madrid Open by winning against Spanish qualifier Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-3, 6-1 at the Caja Magica on Thursday afternoon.
Ostapenko, ranked No 10, will face the winner of the match between Argentinian qualifier Maria Lourdes Carle and Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 17 seed, next.
Bouzas Maneiro, ranked No 93, defeated Paula Badosa (2-6, 6-3, 6-3) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.
Madrid WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Caja Magica, clay, USD 8,770,480):
- Maria Sakkari (5) beat Donna Vekic: 6-3, 6-2
- Victoria Azarenka (23) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-3, 6-1
- Madison Keys (18) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6)
- Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Elina Svitolina (16): 6-3, 7-5
- Magda Linette vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Katie Boulter vs. Robin Montgomery
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Danielle Collins vs. Olga Danilovic
- Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Caroline Garcia vs. Xinyu Wang
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Linda Noskova
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Shelby Rogers
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Elena Rybakina
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Mayar Sherif
- Sara Bejlek vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Daria Saville
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Iga Swiatek vs. Xiyu Wang
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Ons Jabeur
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Elise Mertens vs. Sloane Stephens
- Coco Gauff vs. Arantxa Rus
- Alexandra Eala vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Sara Errani
- Naomi Osaka vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Emma Navarro
- Emiliana Arango vs. Dayana Yastremska
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