Madrid Open: Navarro beats former French Open semi-finalist Podoroska

American Emma Navarro, the No 19 seed, continued her superb run of form in 2024 with a win over Argentine Nadia Podoroska at the Madrid Open on Thursday.

Navarro won 6-2, 6-1 at the Caja Magica over the former French Open semi-finalist to move into the third round in Madrid.

Navarro, ranked No 23, will face the winner of the match between Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 11 seed, and Italian qualifier Sara Errani next.

Podoroska, ranked No 66, defeated Katerina Siniakova (6-2, 7-6 (2)) in the previous round of the tournament.

Madrid WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Caja Magica, clay, USD 8,770,480):

• Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Maria Sakkari (5) beat Donna Vekic: 6-3, 6-2
• Victoria Azarenka (23) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-3, 6-1
• Madison Keys (18) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6)
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Elina Svitolina (16): 6-3, 7-5
• Magda Linette vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Katie Boulter vs. Robin Montgomery
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Danielle Collins vs. Olga Danilovic
• Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Caroline Garcia vs. Xinyu Wang
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Linda Noskova
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Shelby Rogers
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Elena Rybakina
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Mayar Sherif
• Sara Bejlek vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Daria Saville
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Iga Swiatek vs. Xiyu Wang
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Ons Jabeur
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Elise Mertens vs. Sloane Stephens
• Coco Gauff vs. Arantxa Rus
• Alexandra Eala vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Sara Errani
• Naomi Osaka vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Emiliana Arango vs. Dayana Yastremska

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