Madrid Open: Montgomery into third round
Robin Montgomery edged out Katie Boulter 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Friday evening. She’ll face Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, in the next round
American wildcard Robin Montgomery edged out No 26 seed Katie Boulter 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the third round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica on Friday evening.
Montgomery, ranked No 183, will play Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the 19-year-old American won against Russian Elina Avanesyan (6-2, 6-2).
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 (7) beat Shelby Rogers: 6-1, 6-3
- Sara Bejlek (Q) beat Anna Kalinskaya (24): 6-1, 6-4
- Jaqueline Cristian (Q) beat Barbora Krejcikova (22): 2-6, 6-0, 6-2
- Yulia Putintseva beat Qinwen Zheng (6): 7-5, 2-0 ret.
- Mayar Sherif beat Marta Kostyuk (25): 6-2, 7-5
- Caroline Dolehide beat Anhelina Kalinina (30): 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-3
- Ashlyn Krueger beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (14): 6-3, 6-3
- Daria Kasatkina (10) beat Cristina Bucsa: 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Aryna Sabalenka beat Magda Linette: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Jasmine Paolini (12) beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (WC): 6-0, 6-1
- Caroline Garcia (21) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-1, 6-4
- Mirra Andreeva beat Linda Noskova (29): 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Elena Rybakina (4) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-4, 6-3
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (20) beat Daria Saville (LL): 6-1, 6-4
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-1, 6-4
- Leylah Fernandez (32) beat Anastasia Potapova: 7-5, 6-3
- Sloane Stephens beat Elise Mertens (28): 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
- 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 (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
