Madrid Open: Rus makes second round, plays Gauff next

Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus reached the second round of the Madrid Open by defeating wildcard Brenda Fruhvirtova 7-5, 6-3 at the Caja Magica on Tuesday.

Rus, ranked No 47, will face No 3 seed Coco Gauff next.

Madrid WTA 1000, other first-round results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):

• Lauren Davis vs. Mayar Sherif
• Yafan Wang vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Yue Yuan
• Sloane Stephens vs. Martina Trevisan
• Magda Linette vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Robin Montgomery vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Nao Hibino vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Lin Zhu vs. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva
• Xinyu Wang vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Taylor Townsend
• Shuai Zhang vs. Shelby Rogers
• Sofia Kenin vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
• Xiyu Wang vs. Ana Bogdan
• Diana Shnaider vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Tatjana Maria vs. Peyton Stearns
• Alexandra Eala vs. Lesia Tsurenko: tuesday