Madrid Open: Badosa battles into third round; plays Gauff next

Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 26 seed, reached the third round of the Madrid Open by edging out Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 at the Caja Magica on Thursday.

Badosa, ranked No 42, will play American Coco Gauff, the No 6 seed, next.

Cocciaretto, ranked No 50, won against Czech Barbora Strycova (6-3, 7-6 (5)) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.

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

• Iga Swiatek vs. Julia Grabher
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Jil Teichmann vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
• Alycia Parks vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Martina Trevisan vs. Eugenie Bouchard
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Jessica Pegula vs. Magdalena Frech
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Elena Rybakina
• Petra Martic vs. Laura Siegemund
• Xiyu Wang vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Danka Kovinic
• Alize Cornet vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Catherine McNally
• Tatjana Maria vs. Bernarda Pera
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Ana Bogdan vs. Shelby Rogers
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Karolina Muchova
• Caroline Garcia vs. Yulia Putintseva: thursday
• Mayar Sherif vs. Anhelina Kalinina: thursday
• Elise Mertens vs. Rebecca Marino: thursday
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Magda Linette: thursday
• Liudmila Samsonova (14) beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-2, 6-3
• 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 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