Madrid Open: Potapova upsets Kenin to reach last 16

Russian Anastasia Potapova edged out American Sofia Kenin, the No 32 seed, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6) to move into the last 16 of the Madrid Open at the Caja Mágica on Sunday.

Former Australian Open champion Kenin had two match points in the deciding tiebreak, but Popatova won four straight points from 6-4 down to clinch victory.

Potapova, ranked No 39, will face Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 24 seed, next.

The Russian won against American Ashlyn Krueger (6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2) and Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 8 seed (6-4, 6-4) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Kenin, ranked No 32, defeated New Zealander Lulu Sun (6-3, 6-2).

Madrid WTA 1000, other third-round results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 7.854.000, most recent results first):

• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Elena Rybakina vs. Elina Svitolina
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Peyton Stearns
• Jessica Pegula vs. Moyuka Uchijima: sunday
• Maria Sakkari beat Jasmine Paolini (6): 6-2, 6-1
• Marta Kostyuk beat Veronika Kudermetova: 6-0, 4-6, 6-4
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Elise Mertens (28): 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
• Donna Vekic (19) beat Emma Navarro (11): 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Iga Swiatek (2) beat Linda Noskova (31): 6-4, 6-2
• Coco Gauff (4) beat Ann Li: 6-2, 6-3
• Belinda Bencic beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (16): 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (2)
• Madison Keys (5) beat Anna Kalinskaya (30): 7-5, 7-6 (3)
• Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) beat Liudmila Samsonova (18): 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-0
• Diana Shnaider (13) beat Anastasija Sevastova: 6-0, 6-0
• Mirra Andreeva (7) beat Magdalena Frech (27): 7-5, 6-3