In Madrid, the WTA-1000 category tournament (clay) is taking place. The top seed of Kazakhstan, Elena Rybakina, played a second-round match.
The fourth-ranked player in the world secured a victory against Italy's representative Lucia Bronzetti (No. 46 WTA) with a score of 6:4, 6:3. The opponents met for the first time.
The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. In this encounter, Rybakina served six aces, made five double faults, and converted four out of five break points earned. Bronzetti had two aces, four double faults, and converted two out of five break points.
In the next round of the competition, Rybakina will face the winner of the match between Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) and Mayar Sherif (Egypt).
Earlier, Russian tennis player Lyudmila Samsonova eliminated former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka from the "Masters" in Madrid.
