Madrid Open: Putintseva cruises past Dolehide to reach last 16

Kazakh Yulia Putintseva defeated American Caroline Dolehide 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the last 16 of the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica.

Putintseva, ranked No 50, will face the winner of the match between No 20 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and No 10 seed Daria Kasatkina next.

Earlier in the tournament, the Kazakh won against Chinese Yue Yuan (6-2, 6-4) and Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 6 seed (7-5, 2-0 ret.).

Dolehide, ranked No 56, beat Chinese lucky loser Zhuoxuan Bai (6-3, 6-3) and Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, the No 30 seed (6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-3) in the previous rounds of the Madrid tournament.

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

• Robin Montgomery vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Danielle Collins vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Caroline Garcia vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Daria Kasatkina: sunday
• Elena Rybakina (4) beat Mayar Sherif: 6-1, 6-4
• Sara Bejlek (Q) beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-3, 6-1
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Dayana Yastremska (31): 6-4, 6-1
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (11) beat Emma Navarro (19): 6-4, 6-4
• Madison Keys (18) beat Liudmila Samsonova (15): 6-2, 6-3
• Ons Jabeur (8) beat Leylah Fernandez (32): 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
• Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Maria Lourdes Carle (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Maria Sakkari (5) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-1, 6-3
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Victoria Azarenka (23): 7-6, 6-3
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Sorana Cirstea (27): 6-1, 6-1