Madrid Open: Samsonova routs Ostapenko to make last 16
Liudmila Samsonova won against Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 6-0 on Saturday afternoon and will face Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 31 seed, in the next round
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Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 14 seed, beat Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 19 seed, 6-2, 6-0 to advance to the fourth round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica on Saturday afternoon.
Samsonova, ranked No 18, will face Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 31 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, the Russian won against Belgian Maryna Zanevska (6-2, 6-3).
Ostapenko, ranked No 22, defeated Czech Linda Fruhvirtova (6-0, 6-3) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.
Madrid WTA 1000, other first-round results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 7.652.174, most recent results first):
- Petra Martic vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Xiyu Wang
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Iga Swiatek vs. Bernarda Pera
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Martina Trevisan vs. Alycia Parks
- Jessica Pegula vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Rebeka Masarova vs. Maria Sakkari
- Caroline Garcia vs. Mayar Sherif
- Coco Gauff vs. Paula Badosa
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Magda Linette
- Camila Osorio vs. Aryna Sabalenka: saturday
- Elise Mertens (24) beat Jule Niemeier: 6-3, 6-4
- Irina-Camelia Begu beat Shelby Rogers (33): 7-5, 6-2
