Madrid Open: Sorribes Tormo upsets Svitolina to reach third round

Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo won against Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 16 seed, 6-3, 7-5 to move into the third round of the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica on Thursday.

Sorribes Tormo, ranked No 55, will face Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 23 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the Spaniard beat American qualifier Bernarda Pera (7-5, 6-2).

Madrid WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Caja Magica, clay, USD 8,770.480, most recent results first):

• 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: thursday
• Maria Sakkari (5) beat Donna Vekic: 6-3, 6-2
• Victoria Azarenka beat Tatjana Maria: 6-3, 6-1
• Madison Keys (18) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6)

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