Madrid Open: Vekic moves into third round

Croat Donna Vekic, the No 19 seed, beat American wildcard Hailey Baptiste 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the third round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Mágica on Thursday.

Vekic, ranked No 21, will face the winner of the match between Australian qualifier Maya Joint and American Emma Navarro, the No 11 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Baptiste, ranked No 88, edged out Romanian Sorana Cirstea (6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (4)).

Madrid WTA 1000, other second-round results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 7.854.000, most recent results first):

• Katie Boulter vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Magda Linette vs. Maria Sakkari
• Sonay Kartal vs. Elina Svitolina
• Elena Rybakina vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Alycia Parks vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Olga Danilovic
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Ons Jabeur
• Jessica Pegula vs. Eva Lys
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Sofia Kenin vs. Lulu Sun
• Emma Raducanu vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Paula Badosa vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Peyton Stearns vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Camila Osorio vs. Elise Mertens
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anna Blinkova
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Coco Gauff
• Madison Keys vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Ann Li
• Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Anastasija Sevastova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Alexandra Eala vs. Iga Swiatek
• Linda Noskova vs. Maria Lourdes Carle
• Diana Shnaider vs. Katie Volynets
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Maya Joint vs. Emma Navarro
• Diane Parry vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Bernarda Pera
• Liudmila Samsonova (18) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-4, 6-4
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Magdalena Frech: thursday
• Belinda Bencic vs. Clara Tauson: thursday