Madrid Open: Qualifier Starodubtseva into third round

Ukrainian qualifier Yuliia Starodubtseva advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open by defeating Italian lucky loser Elisabetta Cocciaretto 7-6 (5), 6-4 at the Caja Mágica on Thursday.

Starodubtseva, ranked No 99, will play Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 18 seed, next.

The Ukrainian won against wildcard Linda Fruhvirtova (6-2, 6-2) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.

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

• Elena Rybakina vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Jessica Pegula vs. Eva Lys
• Emma Raducanu vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Sonay Kartal vs. Elina Svitolina
• Sofia Kenin vs. Lulu Sun
• Camila Osorio vs. Elise Mertens
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Olga Danilovic
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Ons Jabeur
• Peyton Stearns vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anna Blinkova
• Katie Boulter vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Magda Linette vs. Maria Sakkari
• Alycia Parks vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Paula Badosa vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Coco Gauff
• Madison Keys vs. Lucia Bronzetti: thursday
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Ann Li: thursday
• Anastasija Sevastova beat Jelena Ostapenko (23): 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Iga Swiatek (2) beat Alexandra Eala (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Linda Noskova (31) beat Maria Lourdes Carle (Q): 7-5, 6-1
• Diana Shnaider (13) beat Katie Volynets: 6-1, 6-2
• Emma Navarro (11) beat Maya Joint (Q): 7-5, 7-5
• Mirra Andreeva (7) beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-3, 6-4
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (16) beat Bernarda Pera (LL): 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Anna Kalinskaya (30) beat Diane Parry (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Donna Vekic (19) beat Hailey Baptiste (WC): 6-4, 6-3
• Liudmila Samsonova beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-4, 6-4
• Magdalena Frech (27) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Belinda Bencic beat Clara Tauson (20): 7-5, 7-5