Madrid Open: Wang upsets Andreescu to reach third round

China’s Xiyu Wang moved into the third round of the Madrid Open with an upset win over Canadian Bianca Andreescu, the No 23 seed, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 at the Caja Magica on Friday evening.

Andreescu was playing her first match since her heartbreaking injury in the round of 16 in Miami last month. The former US Open champion seemed to be on her way to winning as she led by a set and led 3-0 in the second.

But Wang came found a way back into the match and took the second set in a tiebreaker before dominating the third to win the match in two hours and 50 minutes

Wang, ranked No 65, will face Czech Barbora Krejcikova, the No 11 seed, next.

The 22-year-old Chinese had edged out Russian Varvara Gracheva (6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4) ahead of her victory.

Madrid WTA 1000, other second round results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 7,652,174)

• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Julia Grabher (LL): 6-3, 6-2
• Marie Bouzkova (29) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Magdalena Frech (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Jil Teichmann (25): 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Anastasia Potapova (21) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
• Alycia Parks beat Victoria Azarenka (15): 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (16) beat Alize Cornet: 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Petra Martic (27) beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Bernarda Pera (28) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-1, 6-3
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Elena Rybakina (7): 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
• Martina Trevisan (18) beat Eugenie Bouchard (Q): 6-2, 7-5
• Daria Kasatkina (8) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-4, 6-3
• Veronika Kudermetova (12) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (Q): 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
• Barbora Krejcikova beat Danka Kovinic: 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
• Qinwen Zheng (22) beat Catherine McNally: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-4, 6-3
• Shelby Rogers (33) beat Ana Bogdan: 6-2, 6-2
• Irina-Camelia Begu (31) beat Karolina Muchova: 6-4, 7-5
• Caroline Garcia (5) beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-3, 6-4
• Mayar Sherif beat Anhelina Kalinina (30): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• Elise Mertens (24) beat Rebecca Marino: 6-3, 6-1
• Magda Linette (17) beat Marketa Vondrousova (Q): 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-4
• Liudmila Samsonova (14) beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-2, 6-3
• Paula Badosa (26) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Jelena Ostapenko (19) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 6-0, 6-3
• Camila Osorio (WC) beat Marta Kostyuk (32): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Coco Gauff (6) beat Irene Burillo Escorihuela (Q): 6-4, 6-1
• Rebeka Masarova (WC) beat Donna Vekic (20): 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Jule Niemeier beat Petra Kvitova (10): 7-6 (9), 6-1
• Mirra Andreeva (WC) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Maria Sakkari (9) beat Arantxa Rus (Q): 6-4, 6-4

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