Madrid Open: Fernandez knocked out in round of 32

Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 8 seed, edged out Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 32 seed, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 to advance to the last 16 of the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica on Saturday.

Jabeur, ranked No 9, will face Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 9 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, the Tunisian won against Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (6-4, 5-7, 6-3).

Fernandez, ranked No 35, beat Russian Anastasia Potapova (7-5, 6-3) in the second round of the Madrid tournament.

Madrid WTA 1000, other third-round results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):

• Robin Montgomery vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Danielle Collins vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Caroline Garcia vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Mayar Sherif vs. Elena Rybakina
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Sara Bejlek
• Coco Gauff vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Emma Navarro
• Madison Keys vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Jelena Ostapenko beat Maria Lourdes Carle (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Maria Sakkari (5) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-1, 6-3
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Victoria Azarenka (23): 7-6, 6-3
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Sorana Cirstea (27): 6-1, 6-1