Madrid Open: Putintseva through to third round as Xinwen Zheng retires due to injury

Kazakh Yulia Putintseva moved into the third round of the Madrid Open when Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 6 seed, retired at the Caja Magica on Friday.

Putintseva, ranked No 50, led 7-5, 2-0 when Zheng, ranked No 8, pulled out at the Caja Magica on Friday afternoon, having had treatment for what seemed like an injury high up on her right leg.

The Kazakh will face American Caroline Dolehide next.

Yulia Putintseva beat Chinese Yue Yuan (6-2, 6-4) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.

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

• Danielle Collins vs. Olga Danilovic
• Katie Boulter vs. Robin Montgomery
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Shelby Rogers
• Sara Bejlek vs. Anna Kalinskaya: friday
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Barbora Krejcikova: friday
• Mayar Sherif beat Marta Kostyuk (25): 6-2, 7-5
• Caroline Dolehide beat Anhelina Kalinina (30): 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-3
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (14): 6-3, 6-3
• Daria Kasatkina (10) beat Cristina Bucsa: 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Magda Linette: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Jasmine Paolini (12) beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (WC): 6-0, 6-1
• Caroline Garcia (21) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-1, 6-4
• Mirra Andreeva beat Linda Noskova (29): 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Elena Rybakina (4) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-4, 6-3
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (20) beat Daria Saville (LL): 6-1, 6-4
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-1, 6-4
• Leylah Fernandez (32) beat Anastasia Potapova: 7-5, 6-3
• Sloane Stephens beat Elise Mertens (28): 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Ons Jabeur (8) beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Arantxa Rus: 6-0, 6-0
• Maria Lourdes Carle (Q) beat Veronika Kudermetova (17): 6-4, 6-4
• Sorana Cirstea (27) beat Alexandra Eala (WC): 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-4
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (11) beat Sara Errani (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Liudmila Samsonova (15) beat Naomi Osaka: 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
• Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Emma Navarro (19) beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-2, 6-1
• Dayana Yastremska (31) beat Emiliana Arango (Q): 0-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Maria Sakkari (5) beat Donna Vekic: 6-3, 6-2
• Victoria Azarenka (23) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-3, 6-1
• Madison Keys (18) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6)
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Elina Svitolina (16): 6-3, 7-5