Madrid Open: Garcia advances to third round

Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 5 seed, won against Kazakh Yulia Putintseva 6-3, 6-4 to reach the third round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica on Thursday evening.

Garcia, ranked No 5, will face Egyptian Mayar Sherif next. The Frenchwoman gets her first win in four tries against Putintseva and improves to 19-9 on the season.

Putintseva, ranked No 51, defeated American Claire Liu (6-4, 6-4) 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
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Xiyu Wang vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Jessica Pegula vs. Magdalena Frech
• Jil Teichmann vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Alycia Parks vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Alize Cornet vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Elena Rybakina
• Martina Trevisan vs. Eugenie Bouchard
• Petra Martic vs. Laura Siegemund
• Tatjana Maria vs. Bernarda Pera
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Danka Kovinic
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Catherine McNally
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Ana Bogdan vs. Shelby Rogers
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Karolina Muchova: thursday
• 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

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