Madrid Open: Pegula reaches the quarter-finals

American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, beat Italian Martina Trevisan, the No 18 seed, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica on Monday evening.

Pegula, ranked No 3, will face No 12 seed Veronika Kudermetova next.

The American, runner-up in 2022, lost her first set in Spain. She won against Pole qualifier Magdalena Frech (7-6 (5), 6-3) and Czech Marie Bouzkova, the No 29 seed (6-4, 7-6 (2)) ahead of her victory.

Trevisan, ranked No 20, won against Canadian qualifier Eugenie Bouchard (6-2, 7-5) and American Alycia Parks (7-6 (3), 6-1) before this loss.

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

• Iga Swiatek vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova : Monday in Madrid
• Petra Martic (27) beat Barbora Krejcikova (11): 6-3, 7-6 (1)
• Maria Sakkari (9) beat Paula Badosa (26): 6-4, 6-4
• Veronika Kudermetova beat Daria Kasatkina (8): 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (2)
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Mirra Andreeva (WC): 6-3, 6-1
• Mayar Sherif beat Elise Mertens (24): 6-4, 0-6, 6-4
• Irina-Camelia Begu (31) beat Liudmila Samsonova (14): 6-4, 6-4