Madrid Open: Sun through to second round
Lulu Sun edged out Varvara Gracheva 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Tuesday evening and will play No 32 seed Sofia Kenin in the next round
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New Zealander Lulu Sun advanced to the second round of the Madrid Open by edging out Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 at the Caja Mágica on Tuesday evening.
Sun, ranked No 45, will play No 32 seed Sofia Kenin next.
Madrid WTA 1000, other first-round results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 7.854.000, most recent results first):
- McCartney Kessler vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Sonay Kartal
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Olga Danilovic
- Eva Lys vs. Teodora Kostovic
- Francesca Jones vs. Dayana Yastremska
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Robin Montgomery
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Polina Kudermetova
- Suzan Lamens vs. Emma Raducanu
- Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Rebeka Masarova
- Anna Blinkova vs. Panna Udvardy
- Belinda Bencic vs. Zeynep Sonmez
- Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Rebecca Sramkova
- Bernarda Pera vs. Jana Fett
- Xinyu Wang vs. Maria Sakkari
- Alycia Parks vs. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva
- Anastasija Sevastova vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Katie Volynets vs. Petra Kvitova
- Maya Joint vs. Carlota Martinez Cirez
- Diane Parry vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Ann Li
- Peyton Stearns vs. Kimberly Birrell
- Camila Osorio beat Emiliana Arango (WC): 6-3, 6-3
- 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
