Madrid Open: Ninth seed Sakkari makes third round

Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 9 seed, won against Dutch qualifier Arantxa Rus 6-4, 6-4 to reach the third round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica on Thursday.

Sakkari, ranked No 9, will play the winner of the match between Croat Donna Vekic, the No 20 seed, and Spanish wildcard Rebeka Masarova next.

Rus, ranked No 107, beat American Amanda Anisimova (7-5, 6-2) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.

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

• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Jil Teichmann vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
• Alycia Parks vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Martina Trevisan vs. Eugenie Bouchard
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Jessica Pegula vs. Magdalena Frech
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Elena Rybakina
• Petra Martic vs. Laura Siegemund
• Xiyu Wang vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Danka Kovinic
• Alize Cornet vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Catherine McNally
• Tatjana Maria vs. Bernarda Pera
• Iga Swiatek vs. Julia Grabher
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Caroline Garcia vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Ana Bogdan vs. Shelby Rogers
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Karolina Muchova
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Magda Linette
• Mayar Sherif vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Paula Badosa
• Elise Mertens vs. Rebecca Marino
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Maryna Zanevska
• Coco Gauff vs. Irene Burillo Escorihuela
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Camila Osorio
• Donna Vekic vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Jule Niemeier vs. Petra Kvitova: thursday
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Mirra Andreeva: thursday