Madrid Open: Pegula into round of 32

American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, advanced to the round of 32 at the Madrid Open by beating Pole qualifier Magdalena Frech 7-6 (5), 6-3 at the Caja Magica on Friday.

Pegula, ranked No 3, will play the winner of the match between Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Czech Marie Bouzkova, the No 29 seed, next.

Frech, ranked No 100, won against Italian Jasmine Paolini (6-2, 6-3) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.

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

• Iga Swiatek vs. Julia Grabher
• Xiyu Wang vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Marie Bouzkova: friday
• Jil Teichmann vs. Lesia Tsurenko: friday
• Anastasia Potapova (21) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
• Alycia Parks beat Victoria Azarenka (15): 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (16) beat Alize Cornet: 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Petra Martic (27) beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Bernarda Pera (28) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-1, 6-3
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Elena Rybakina (7): 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
• Martina Trevisan (18) beat Eugenie Bouchard (Q): 6-2, 7-5
• Daria Kasatkina (8) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-4, 6-3
• Veronika Kudermetova (12) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (Q): 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
• Barbora Krejcikova (11) beat Danka Kovinic: 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
• Qinwen Zheng (22) beat Catherine McNally: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-4, 6-3
• Shelby Rogers (33) beat Ana Bogdan: 6-2, 6-2
• Irina-Camelia Begu (31) beat Karolina Muchova: 6-4, 7-5
• Caroline Garcia (5) beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-3, 6-4
• Mayar Sherif beat Anhelina Kalinina (30): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• Elise Mertens (24) beat Rebecca Marino: 6-3, 6-1
• Magda Linette (17) beat Marketa Vondrousova (Q): 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-4
• 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