The Spanish Rebecca Masarova defeat the Croatian Donna Vekic, 20th favorite, to settle for the third round of the WTA 1000 on clay in Madrid, where she will face the Greek Maria Sakkari.
Masarova, debutant at the Mutua Madrid Open defeated her compatriot in the first round Cristina Bucsadefeated the Balkan tennis player 6-1 and 7-6(5).
The Spanish player matched his rival in the second set, when Vekic he seemed to react. The Croatian moved to 5-2 and had four set points neutralized by Masarova to take the set to a tiebreaker.
Masarova took an hour and a half to fulfill the promise and meet with the Greek Maria Sakkarithe ninth seed, having earlier beaten the Dutch Arantxa Rus by 6-4 and 6-4.
Rebeka Masarova is the first Spaniard in the third round. before, Irene Burillo was left behind in the competition that the American had surpassed Coco Gauffsixth favourite, winning 6-4 and 6-1.
The fourth player in the world took 78 minutes to stop the Spaniard from the previous stage making his debut in Madrid in 2023.
The Delray Beach player, this year’s winner in Auckland and last year’s Roland Garros finalist, who became world number one, will play in the third round against the Spaniard Paula Badosatwenty-sixth seed.
Source: La Verdad
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