Madrid Open: Osaka nets first clay-court win of the year

Japanese Naomi Osaka defeated Belgian lucky loser Greet Minnen 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica on Wednesday.

Osaka, ranked No 197, hit eight aces as she set up a clash with No 15 seed Liudmila Samsonova next. It was her first clay-court win since Madrid 2022.

Madrid WTA 1000, other first-round results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):

• Mirra Andreeva vs. Taylor Townsend
• Clara Burel vs. Olga Danilovic
• Hailey Baptiste vs. Daria Saville
• Sara Errani vs. Caroline Wozniacki
• Sara Bejlek vs. Anna Blinkova
• Robin Montgomery vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Nao Hibino vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Magdalena Frech vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Zhuoxuan Bai vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Magda Linette vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Emma Raducanu vs. Maria Lourdes Carle
• Xinyu Wang vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Harriet Dart vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Shuai Zhang vs. Shelby Rogers: wednesday
• Emiliana Arango vs. Amanda Anisimova: wednesday
• Donna Vekic beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Bernarda Pera: wednesday
• Mayar Sherif beat Lauren Davis: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Yulia Putintseva beat Yue Yuan: 6-2, 6-4
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Q) beat Paula Badosa: 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Sloane Stephens beat Martina Trevisan: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
• Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (WC) beat Lin Zhu: 6-4, 6-3
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Sofia Kenin: 6-3, 6-4
• Xiyu Wang beat Ana Bogdan: 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Anastasia Potapova beat Diana Shnaider: 7-5, 6-4
• Irina-Camelia Begu beat Linda Fruhvirtova (WC): 6-4, 7-6
• Tatjana Maria beat Peyton Stearns: 6-7 (4), 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Nadia Podoroska beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-2, 7-6 (2)
• Arantxa Rus beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (WC): 7-5, 6-3
• Alexandra Eala (WC) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 2-6, 6-4, 6-4