Madrid Open: Mertens into third round

Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 24 seed, advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open by beating Canadian Rebecca Marino 6-3, 6-1 at the Caja Magica on Thursday afternoon.

Mertens, ranked No 29, will face German Jule Niemeier next.

In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Marino, ranked No 79, won against Chinese Lin Zhu (7-6 (1), 6-4).

Madrid WTA 1000, other 64 results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 7.652.174, most recent results first):

• Iga Swiatek vs. Julia Grabher
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Jil Teichmann vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
• Alycia Parks vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Martina Trevisan vs. Eugenie Bouchard
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Jessica Pegula vs. Magdalena Frech
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Elena Rybakina
• Petra Martic vs. Laura Siegemund
• Xiyu Wang vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Danka Kovinic
• Alize Cornet vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Catherine McNally
• Tatjana Maria vs. Bernarda Pera
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Ana Bogdan vs. Shelby Rogers
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Karolina Muchova
• Caroline Garcia vs. Yulia Putintseva: thursday
• Mayar Sherif vs. Anhelina Kalinina: thursday
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Magda Linette: thursday
• Liudmila Samsonova (14) beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-2, 6-3
• Paula Badosa (26) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Jelena Ostapenko (19) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 6-0, 6-3
• Camila Osorio (WC) beat Marta Kostyuk (32): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Coco Gauff (6) beat Irene Burillo Escorihuela (Q): 6-4, 6-1
• Rebeka Masarova (WC) beat Donna Vekic (20): 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Jule Niemeier beat Petra Kvitova (10): 7-6 (9), 6-1
• Mirra Andreeva (WC) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Maria Sakkari (9) beat Arantxa Rus (Q): 6-4, 6-4