Madrid Open: Starodubtseva reaches second round
Yuliia Starodubtseva defeated Linda Fruhvirtova 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday and will play No 12 seed Karolina Muchova in the next round
Yulia Starodubtseva, Monastir 2024
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Ukrainian qualifier Yuliia Starodubtseva reached the second round of the Madrid Open by defeating wildcard Linda Fruhvirtova 6-2, 6-2 at the Caja Mágica on Wednesday.
Starodubtseva, ranked No 99, will play No 12 seed Karolina Muchova next.
Madrid WTA 1000, other first-round results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 7.854.000, most recent results first):
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Sonay Kartal
- McCartney Kessler vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Eva Lys vs. Teodora Kostovic
- Francesca Jones vs. Dayana Yastremska
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Olga Danilovic
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Robin Montgomery
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Polina Kudermetova: wednesday
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Anastasia Potapova: wednesday
- Anna Blinkova (Q) beat Panna Udvardy (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Rebeka Masarova (Q) beat Ajla Tomljanovic (WC): 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
- Emma Raducanu beat Suzan Lamens: 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Maria Sakkari beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
- Maria Lourdes Carle (Q) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 6-3, 6-2
- Belinda Bencic beat Zeynep Sonmez (Q): 6-0, 6-2
- Alycia Parks beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (WC): 6-3, 6-3
- Bernarda Pera (LL) beat Jana Fett (Q): 6-4, 6-3
- Anastasija Sevastova beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-4, 7-5
- Katie Volynets beat Petra Kvitova: 6-4, 6-0
- Maya Joint (Q) beat Carlota Martinez Cirez (WC): 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
- Diane Parry (Q) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-3, 6-4
- Ann Li beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Peyton Stearns beat Kimberly Birrell: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
- Camila Osorio beat Emiliana Arango (WC): 6-3, 6-3
- Lulu Sun beat Varvara Gracheva: 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Katie Boulter beat Katerina Siniakova: 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
- Hailey Baptiste (WC) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (4)
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 6-1
- Marie Bouzkova beat Renata Zarazua: 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
- Lucia Bronzetti beat Naomi Osaka: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
- Alexandra Eala (WC) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-2
- Caroline Dolehide beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-4, 6-4
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