Madrid Open: Samsonova books spot in third round

Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 14 seed, beat Belgian Maryna Zanevska 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the third round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica on Thursday afternoon.

Samsonova, ranked No 18, will play Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 19 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Zanevska, ranked No 75, won against American Sofia Kenin (6-0, 6-3).

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
• Mayar Sherif vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Elise Mertens vs. Rebecca Marino: thursday
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Magda Linette: thursday
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Paula Badosa: thursday
• Jelena Ostapenko beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 6-0, 6-3
• Camila Osorio (WC) 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