Madrid Open: Wang reaches 64
Xiyu Wang edged out Varvara Gracheva 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday afternoon and will face No 23 seed Bianca Andreescu in the next round
Chinese Xiyu Wang moved into the 64 of the Madrid Open by edging out Russian Varvara Gracheva 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4 at the Caja Magica on Wednesday afternoon.
Wang, ranked No 65, will face No 23 seed Bianca Andreescu next.
Madrid WTA 1000, other 128 results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 7.652.174, most recent results first):
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Eugenie Bouchard
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Sloane Stephens
- Danka Kovinic vs. Sara Errani
- Alize Cornet vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Marina Bassols Ribera
- Julia Grabher vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Alycia Parks
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Laura Siegemund
- Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: wednesday
- Kaia Kanepi vs. Irene Burillo Escorihuela: wednesday
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz (Q) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-3, 6-0
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Magdalena Frech: wednesday
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Elina Svitolina (WC): 6-4, 7-5
- Camila Osorio (WC) beat Clara Burel (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Anna Kalinskaya beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (WC): 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Arantxa Rus (Q) beat Amanda Anisimova: 7-5, 6-2
- Mayar Sherif beat Camila Giorgi: 4-6, 6-4 ret.
- Rebeka Masarova (WC) beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
- Mirra Andreeva (WC) beat Leylah Fernandez: 6-3, 6-4
- Catherine McNally beat Dalma Galfi: 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
- Tatjana Maria beat Alexandra Eala (WC): 6-1, 6-1
- Yulia Putintseva beat Claire Liu: 6-4, 6-4
- Linda Fruhvirtova beat Katie Volynets: 6-3, 7-5
- Maryna Zanevska beat Sofia Kenin: 6-0, 6-3
- Rebecca Marino beat Lin Zhu: 7-6 (1), 6-4
- Karolina Muchova beat Anett Kontaveit: 6-2, 6-2
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Barbora Strycova: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Sorana Cirstea beat Lauren Davis: 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
- Ana Bogdan beat Anna Bondar: 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Jule Niemeier beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 6-2