Madrid Open: Kudermetova moves into round of 16, faces Kasatkina next

No 12 seed Veronika Kudermetova beat No 21 seed Anastasia Potapova 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica on Sunday.

Kudermetova, ranked No 13, will face Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 8 seed, next. Kudermetova won against Spanish qualifier Nuria Parrizas Diaz (6-3, 4-6, 6-2) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Potapova, ranked No 25, won against Romanian Jaqueline Cristian (7-5, 3-6, 6-2).

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

• Qinwen Zheng vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Xiyu Wang
• Petra Martic vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Iga Swiatek vs. Bernarda Pera
• Jessica Pegula vs. Marie Bouzkova: sunday
• Daria Kasatkina beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-4, 6-2
• Martina Trevisan (18) beat Alycia Parks: 7-6 (3), 6-1
• Maria Sakkari (9) beat Rebeka Masarova (WC): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Mayar Sherif beat Caroline Garcia (5): 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Paula Badosa (26) beat Coco Gauff (6): 6-3, 6-0
• Mirra Andreeva (WC) beat Magda Linette (17): 6-3, 6-3
• Liudmila Samsonova (14) beat Jelena Ostapenko (19): 6-2, 6-0
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Camila Osorio (WC): 6-4, 7-5
• Elise Mertens (24) beat Jule Niemeier: 6-3, 6-4
• Irina-Camelia Begu (31) beat Shelby Rogers (33): 7-5, 6-2