Madrid Open: Martic through to round of 16
Petra Martic won against Anna Kalinskaya 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 on Sunday. She’ll play the winner of the match between Czech Barbora Krejcikova, the No 11 seed, and Chinese Xiyu Wang in the next round
May 12, 2022, ROME, ITALY: Petra Martic of Croatia in action during the third round of the 2022 Internazionali BNL D’Italia WTA 1000 tennis tournament against Bianca Andreescu of Canada (Zuma/Panoramic)
Croat Petra Martic, the No 27 seed, moved into the round of 16 at the Madrid Open by defeating Russian Anna Kalinskaya 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 at the Caja Magica on Sunday.
Martic, ranked No 33, will face the winner of the match between Czech Barbora Krejcikova, the No 11 seed, and Chinese Xiyu Wang next.
The Croat won against German qualifier Laura Siegemund (7-6 (6), 6-3) ahead of her victory.
Earlier in the tournament, Kalinskaya, ranked No 62, edged out Czech wildcard Brenda Fruhvirtova (2-6, 6-4, 6-4) and won against Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 7 seed (7-5, 4-6, 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: sunday
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Bernarda Pera (28): 6-3, 6-2
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Marie Bouzkova (29): 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Veronika Kudermetova (12) beat Anastasia Potapova (21): 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-3
- Daria Kasatkina (8) 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
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