Madrid Open: Sherif advances to second round

Egyptian Mayar Sherif edged out American Lauren Davis 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 to move into the second round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica on Wednesday.

Sherif, ranked No 72, will play No 25 seed Marta Kostyuk next.

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

• Mirra Andreeva vs. Taylor Townsend
• Clara Burel vs. Olga Danilovic
• Hailey Baptiste vs. Daria Saville
• Sara Errani vs. Caroline Wozniacki
• Sara Bejlek vs. Anna Blinkova
• Robin Montgomery vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Nao Hibino vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Magdalena Frech vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Zhuoxuan Bai vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Magda Linette vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Harriet Dart vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Emma Raducanu vs. Maria Lourdes Carle
• Emiliana Arango vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Xinyu Wang vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Shuai Zhang vs. Shelby Rogers
• Naomi Osaka vs. Greet Minnen: wednesday
• Donna Vekic vs. Laura Siegemund: wednesday
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Bernarda Pera: wednesday
• Yulia Putintseva beat Yue Yuan: 6-2, 6-4
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Q) beat Paula Badosa: 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Sloane Stephens vs. Martina Trevisan: wednesday
• Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (WC) beat Lin Zhu: 6-4, 6-3
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Sofia Kenin: 6-3, 6-4
• Xiyu Wang beat Ana Bogdan: 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Anastasia Potapova beat Diana Shnaider: 7-5, 6-4
• Irina-Camelia Begu beat Linda Fruhvirtova (WC): 6-4, 7-6
• Tatjana Maria beat Peyton Stearns: 6-7 (4), 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Nadia Podoroska beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-2, 7-6 (2)
• Arantxa Rus beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (WC): 7-5, 6-3
• Alexandra Eala (WC) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 2-6, 6-4, 6-4