Madrid Open: Garcia moves into third round
Caroline Garcia defeated Xinyu Wang 6-1, 6-4 on Friday. She’ll face the winner of the match between Andorran wildcard Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva and Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 12 seed, in the next round
Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 21 seed, advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open by winning against Chinese Xinyu Wang 6-1, 6-4 at the Caja Magica on Friday.
Garcia, ranked No 24, will play the winner of the match between Andorran wildcard Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva and Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 12 seed, next.
Wang, ranked No 42, edged out Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (5-7, 7-5, 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
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Shelby Rogers
- Katie Boulter vs. Robin Montgomery
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Mayar Sherif
- Sara Bejlek vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Magda Linette vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Linda Noskova: friday
- Elena Rybakina (4) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-4, 6-3
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Daria Saville: friday
- 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