Madrid Open: Alexandrova makes round of 32

Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 16 seed, beat Frenchwoman Alize Cornet 7-6 (2), 6-3 to move into the round of 32 at the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica on Friday.

Alexandrova, ranked No 17, will play Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 22 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Cornet, ranked No 71, won against Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse (6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-3).

Madrid WTA 1000, other 64 results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 7.652.174, most recent results first):

• Iga Swiatek vs. Julia Grabher
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Xiyu Wang vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Jil Teichmann vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Jessica Pegula vs. Magdalena Frech
• Alycia Parks vs. Victoria Azarenka: friday
• 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 (11) beat Danka Kovinic: 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
• Qinwen Zheng 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