Madrid Open: Sakkari beats Vekic to reach third round
The Greeek will face the winner of the match between Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 28 seed, and American Sloane Stephens in the next round
Maria Sakkari at the 2024 Madrid Open
Image Credit: Imago / Panoramic
Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 5 seed, moved into the third round of the Madrid Open by defeating Croat Donna Vekic 6-3, 6-2 at the Caja Magica on Thursday.
This was her fourth win in 10 career meetings against Vekic.
Sakkari, ranked No 6, will face the winner of the match between Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 28 seed, and American Sloane Stephens next.
In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Vekic, ranked No 38, won against German qualifier Laura Siegemund (6-1, 6-2).
Madrid WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Caja Magica, clay, USD 8,770,480):
- Victoria Azarenka (23) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-3, 6-1
- Madison Keys vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Elina Svitolina
- Magda Linette vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Katie Boulter vs. Robin Montgomery
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Danielle Collins vs. Olga Danilovic
- Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Caroline Garcia vs. Xinyu Wang
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Linda Noskova
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Shelby Rogers
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Elena Rybakina
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Mayar Sherif
- Sara Bejlek vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Daria Saville
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Iga Swiatek vs. Xiyu Wang
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Ons Jabeur
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Elise Mertens vs. Sloane Stephens
- Coco Gauff vs. Arantxa Rus
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Sara Errani
- Alexandra Eala vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Naomi Osaka vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Emma Navarro
- Emiliana Arango vs. Dayana Yastremska
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