Madrid Open: Straightforward for top seed Swiatek, books spot in round of 32

Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, won against Austrian lucky loser Julia Grabher 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the round of 32 at the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica on Friday.

The world No 1 has now won her last 17 matches against qualifiers and lucky losers.

Swiatek will face American Bernarda Pera, the No 28 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Grabher, ranked No 92, defeated Bulgarian lucky loser Viktoriya Tomova (6-1, 7-6 (5)).

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

• Xiyu Wang vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Marie Bouzkova: friday
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Magdalena Frech (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Jil Teichmann (25): 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Anastasia Potapova (21) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
• Alycia Parks beat Victoria Azarenka (15): 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (16) beat Alize Cornet: 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Petra Martic (27) beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Bernarda Pera beat Tatjana Maria: 6-1, 6-3
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Elena Rybakina (7): 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
• Martina Trevisan (18) beat Eugenie Bouchard (Q): 6-2, 7-5
• Daria Kasatkina (8) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-4, 6-3
• Veronika Kudermetova (12) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (Q): 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
• Barbora Krejcikova (11) beat Danka Kovinic: 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
• Qinwen Zheng (22) beat Catherine McNally: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-4, 6-3
• 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 (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