Belgium’s Elise Mertens, seeded No. 24, won two sets to nil (6-3, 6-4) against Germany’s Jule Niemeier and qualified for the round of 16 of the Madrid tournament in Madrid, Saturday morning.
Mertens, ranked No. 29 in the WTA, will face the winner of the upcoming match between France’s Caroline Garcia, seeded No. 5, and Egypt’s Mayar Sherif in the Round of 16 of the Castilian tournament.
In the previous round of the Madrid Open, the Belgian had beaten the Canadian Rebecca Marino without being worried by the score (6-3, 6-1).
Niemeier, 67th in the world at the WTA, had clearly dominated the Chinese Xinyu Wang (6-4, 6-2), and won against the Czech Petra Kvitova, seeded n ° 10 (7-6 [9]6-1).
The other posters of the third round in Madrid (WTA 1000, clay, 7,652,174 USD, results are displayed from newest to oldest):
- Petra Martic – Anna Kalinskaya : à jouer
- Barbora Krejcikova – Xiyu Wang: to play
- Qinwen Zheng – Ekaterina Alexandrova: to play
- Iga Swiatek – Bernarda Pera: to play
- Lesia Tsurenko – Daria Kasatkina: to play
- Veronika Kudermetova
- Martina Trevisan – Alycia Parks: to play
- Jessica Pegula – Marie Bouzkova: to play
- Rebekah Masarova – Maria Sakkari : scheduled Saturday
- Caroline Garcia – Mayar Sherif: scheduled for Saturday
- Coco Gauff – Paula Badosa: scheduled for Saturday
- Mirra Andreeva – Magda Linette: scheduled Saturday
- Liudmila Samsonova – Jelena Ostapenko: scheduled Saturday
- Camila Osorio – Aryna Sabalenka: scheduled Saturday
- Irina-Camelia Begu (N.31) – Shelby Rogers (N.33) : 7-5, 6-2
2023-04-29 13:03:07
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