Madrid Open: Jabeur moves into last 16

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

This is Jabeur’s fifth WTA main draw win of the year, and the first time she has won two consecutive matches this season.

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

Ahead of her victory, 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 previous 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