Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) qualified for the fourth round of the WTA 1000 Madrid Open tennis tournament. The fourth-seeded prevailed over Mayar Sherif (Egypt) with 2-0 (6:1, 6:4) and expects a match against Sara Bejlek (Czech Republic), who earlier eliminated Ashlyn Krueger (USA) with 2-0 (6:3, 6:1).
In a duel to reach the quarterfinals, the 10th-seeded Daria Kasatkina (Russia) will face Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan). Daria Kasatkina defeated the 20th-seeded and her compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova with 2-0 (7:6, 7:5), while Yulia Putintseva defeated Caroline Dolehide (USA) by 2-0 (6:2, 6:2).
The 13th-seeded Danielle Collins (USA) also advanced to the fourth round after defeating Jaqueline Cristian (Romania) in a 2-1 (3:6, 6:4, 6:1) comeback after two hours and two minutes of play.
