Belgian tennis player Elise Mertens will be Romania's Simona Halep's adversary, the en titre and current world champion, in the second round of the WTA Mutua Madrid Open, featuring prizes amounting to 6,68 million euro.
Halep (26 years old), reigning champion in Madrid for the last two years, prevailed on Sunday over Russian player Ekaterina Makarova, 6-1, 6-0, after only 51 minutes, while Elise Mertens (22 years old, WTA's 16th), defeated her compatriot Alison Van Uytvanck, 6-4, 6-4. Saturday, Mertens won the Rabat title, after 6-2, 7-6 (4) against Australian Ajla Tomljanovic.
For the first time, Halep and Martens will be opponents.
Sara Sorrbies Tormo (Spain) made a big splash on Sunday, when she defeated American player Madison Keys, 13th seeded, 7-5, 6-2.
Other results registered in the first round on Sunday:
Kristyna Pliskova (Czech Republic) - Natalia Vikhlyantseva (Russia) 6-4, 6-4
Sloane Stephens (USA/N.9) - Silvia Soler Espinosa (Spain) 6-3, 6-2
Samantha Stosur (Australia) - Anastasia Pavliucenkova (Russia) 6-1, 6-7 (2/7), 6-3
Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) - Aleksandra Krunic (Serbia) 6-3, 6-3
Garbine Muguruza (Spain/N.3) - Shuai Peng (China) 6-4, 6-2
Donna Vekic (Croatia) - Georgina Garcia Perez (Spain) 6-2, 6-4
Sorana Cîrstea (Romania) - Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic/N.10) - Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) 6-1, 6-2
Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) - Zarina Dias (Kazakhstan) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
Aleksandra Sasnovici (Belarus) - Danielle Collins (USA) 7-5, 6-2
Johanna Konta (Great Britain) - Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia/N.16) 6-3, 7-5
Bernarda Pera (USA) - Arina Sabalenka (Belarus) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) - Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic) 6-3, 6-3
Maria Sharapova (Russia) - Mihaela Buzarnescu (Romania) 6-4, 6-1
Shuai Zhang (China) - Naomi Osaka (Japan) 6-1, 7-5
Anastasija Sevastova (Latvia/N.15) - Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Slovakia) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Ashleigh Barty (Australia) - Sara Errani (Italy) 6-1, 6-4
Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark/N.2) - Daria Gavrilova (Australia) 6-3, 6-1.
Belgian tennis player Elise Mertens, Simona Halep's adversary in the second round of the WTA Mutua Madrid Open
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