Madrid Open: Stephens reaches third round, will play Sakkari
Sloane Stephens won against Elise Mertens 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 on Thursday evening. She’ll face Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 5 seed, in the next round
Sloane Stephens at Roland-Garros in 2023 (JB Autissier/Panoramic)
American Sloane Stephens reached the third round of the Madrid Open by beating Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 28 seed, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 at the Caja Magica on Thursday evening.
Stephens, ranked No 33, will play Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 5 seed, next.
The American edged out Italian Martina Trevisan (6-3, 5-7, 6-4) ahead of her victory.
Madrid WTA 1000, other second-round results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):
- Danielle Collins vs. Olga Danilovic
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Shelby Rogers
- Katie Boulter vs. Robin Montgomery
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Mayar Sherif
- Sara Bejlek vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Magda Linette vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Caroline Garcia vs. Xinyu Wang
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Linda Noskova
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Elena Rybakina
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Daria Saville
- Iga Swiatek vs. Xiyu Wang: thursday
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Anastasia Potapova: thursday
- Ons Jabeur (8) beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Arantxa Rus: 6-0, 6-0
- Maria Lourdes Carle (Q) beat Veronika Kudermetova (17): 6-4, 6-4
- Sorana Cirstea (27) beat Alexandra Eala (WC): 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-4
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (11) beat Sara Errani (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Liudmila Samsonova (15) beat Naomi Osaka: 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
- Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Emma Navarro (19) beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-2, 6-1
- Dayana Yastremska (31) beat Emiliana Arango (Q): 0-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Maria Sakkari beat Donna Vekic: 6-3, 6-2
- Victoria Azarenka (23) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-3, 6-1
- Madison Keys (18) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6)
- Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Elina Svitolina (16): 6-3, 7-5
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