Madrid Open: Sherif tops Kostyuk, moves into third round
Mayar Sherif defeated Marta Kostyuk 6-2, 7-5 on Friday afternoon. She’ll face Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 4 seed, in the next round
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Egyptian Mayar Sherif moved into the third round of the Madrid Open by winning against Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 25 seed, 6-2, 7-5 at the Caja Magica on Friday afternoon.
Sherif, ranked No 72, will face Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 4 seed, next.
The Egyptian edged out American Lauren Davis (4-6, 7-6 (4), 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
- Katie Boulter vs. Robin Montgomery
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Shelby Rogers
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Sara Bejlek vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Yulia Putintseva: friday
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Anhelina Kalinina: friday
- 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 (2) 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 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
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