Madrid Open: Sabalenka moves into third round
Aryna Sabalenka defeated Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday evening and will face Colombian wildcard Camila Osorio in the next round
Aryna Sabalenka Madrid Open 2023 | AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, beat Romanian Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 6-3 to reach the third round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica on Thursday evening.
The world No 2 avenges a 6-4 6-4 loss to Cirstea in Miami last month to improve to 24-4 lifetime in 2023.
Sabalenka, ranked No 2, will play Colombian wildcard Camila Osorio next.
In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Cirstea, ranked No 44, won against American Lauren Davis (6-3, 3-6, 6-1).
Madrid WTA 1000, other 64 results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 7.652.174, most recent results first):
- Iga Swiatek vs. Julia Grabher
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Xiyu Wang vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Jessica Pegula vs. Magdalena Frech
- Jil Teichmann vs. Lesia Tsurenko
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Alycia Parks vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Alize Cornet vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Elena Rybakina
- Martina Trevisan vs. Eugenie Bouchard
- Petra Martic vs. Laura Siegemund
- Tatjana Maria vs. Bernarda Pera
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Danka Kovinic
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Catherine McNally
- 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 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
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