Madrid Open: Tsitsipas and Swiatek in the next round of the tournament

Madrid. Stefanos Tsitsipas and Iga Swiatek entered the next round of the Madrid Open tennis tournament after winning three sets of hard-fought matches. Third seed Tsitsipas overcame some rough moments to beat 31st seed Sebastien Baez 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 to reach the last 16 of the clay court tournament. In the women’s section, world number one Swiatek also had to sweat it out to register a 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-3 win over 16th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova. She will next face 27th seed Petra Martich, who defeated 11th seed Barbora Krejcikova 6-3, 7-6 (1).

Last year’s runner-up in Madrid, third seed Jessica Pegula beat Martina Trevisan 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to reach the last eight. Second seed Aryna Sabalenka put an end to her impressive campaign by defeating Russian teen Mira Andreeva 6-3, 6-1. In other women’s matches, ninth seed Maria Sakari beat Paula Badosa 6-4, 6-4, while 12th seed Veronika Kudermetova beat eighth seed Daria Kasatkina 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 ( 2) beat off.

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Among men, second seed Daniil Medvedev defeated compatriot Alexander Shevchenko 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 to make the last 16. He will next face qualifier Aslan Karatsev, who beat 16th seed Alex de Minaur 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. In other men’s matches, eighth seed Taylor Fritz beat Christian Garin 6-1, 7-6 (4), Zhang Zhizhen beat 11th seed Cameron Norrie 2-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 ( 2) And Bernabe Zapata Miralles defeated qualifier Roman Safiullin 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.