Madrid Open: Fernandez reaches third round, faces Jabeur next

Leylah Fernandez won against Anastasia Potapova 7-5, 6-3 on Thursday evening and will play Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 8 seed, in the next round

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Mutua Madrid Open •Second round • completed
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Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 32 seed, advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open by beating Russian Anastasia Potapova 7-5, 6-3 at the Caja Magica on Thursday evening.

Fernandez, ranked No 35, will play Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 8 seed, next.

Potapova, ranked No 39, won against Diana Shnaider (7-5, 6-4) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.

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
  • Sloane Stephens beat Elise Mertens (28): 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
  • Ons Jabeur 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 (5) 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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