Madrid Open: Putintseva beats Kasatkina to reach last eight

Kazakh Yulia Putintseva advanced to the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open by winning against Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 10 seed, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 at the Caja Magica on Monday evening.

Putintseva, ranked No 50, will face Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 4 seed, next.

The Kazakh defeated Chinese Yue Yuan (6-2, 6-4), Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 6 seed (7-5, 2-0 ret.) and American Caroline Dolehide (6-2, 6-2) ahead of her victory.

Earlier in the tournament, Kasatkina, ranked No 11, won against Spaniard Cristina Bucsa (5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3) and No 20 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (7-6 (5), 7-5).

Madrid WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):

• Danielle Collins vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Elena Rybakina beat Sara Bejlek (Q): 6-1, 6-3
• Madison Keys (18) beat Coco Gauff (3): 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4
• Mirra Andreeva beat Jasmine Paolini (12): 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-1, 6-0
• Ons Jabeur (8) beat Jelena Ostapenko (9): 6-0, 6-4
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (11) beat Maria Sakkari (5): 6-4, 6-4