Madrid Open: Niemeier upsets Kvitova in second round in Madrid
Jule Niemeier beat Petra Kvitova 7-6 (9), 6-1 on Thursday and will play the winner of the match between Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 24 seed, and Canadian Rebecca Marino in the next round
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German Jule Niemeier advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open by upsetting Czech Petra Kvitova, the No 10 seed, 7-6 (9), 6-1 at the Caja Magica on Thursday.
Niemeier, ranked No 67, will face the winner of the match between Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 24 seed, and Canadian Rebecca Marino next.
Ahead of her victory, the German won against Chinese Xinyu Wang (6-4, 6-2).
Madrid WTA 1000, other 64 results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 7.652.174, most recent results first):
- 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
- Iga Swiatek vs. Julia Grabher
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Caroline Garcia vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Ana Bogdan vs. Shelby Rogers
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Karolina Muchova
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Magda Linette
- Mayar Sherif vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Paula Badosa
- Elise Mertens vs. Rebecca Marino
- Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Maryna Zanevska
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Camila Osorio
- Coco Gauff vs. Irene Burillo Escorihuela
- Donna Vekic vs. Rebeka Masarova
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Mirra Andreeva: thursday
- Maria Sakkari (9) beat Arantxa Rus (Q): 6-4, 6-4
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