Madrid Open: Sakkari reaches fourth round at 1:00 am
Maria Sakkari won against Rebeka Masarova 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday evening
Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 9 seed, moved into the fourth round of the Madrid Open by beating Spanish wildcard Rebeka Masarova 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 at the Caja Magica on Saturday evening, the match ending at 1:00 am in the morning.
Sakkari, ranked No 9, will face Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 26 seed, next.
The Greek won against Dutch qualifier Arantxa Rus (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.
Masarova, ranked No 74, edged out Cristina Bucsa (6-3, 5-7, 6-4) and won against Croat Donna Vekic, the No 20 seed (6-1, 7-6 (5)).
Madrid WTA 1000, other third-round results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 7.652.174, most recent results first):
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Xiyu Wang
- Iga Swiatek vs. Bernarda Pera
- Petra Martic vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Jessica Pegula vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Martina Trevisan vs. Alycia Parks
- Mayar Sherif beat Caroline Garcia (5): 7-6 (2), 6-3
- Paula Badosa beat Coco Gauff (6): 6-3, 6-0
- Mirra Andreeva (WC) beat Magda Linette (17): 6-3, 6-3
- Liudmila Samsonova (14) beat Jelena Ostapenko (19): 6-2, 6-0
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Camila Osorio (WC): 6-4, 7-5
- Elise Mertens (24) beat Jule Niemeier: 6-3, 6-4
- Irina-Camelia Begu (31) beat Shelby Rogers (33): 7-5, 6-2
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