Madrid Open: Sakkari reaches fourth round at 1:00 am

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