Women's World No.1 Iga Swiatek came back from a service break down early in the first set to overcome No.29 seed Bernarda Pera 6-3, 6-2 in the third round of the Madrid Open here on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With this win the Polish star extended her clay-court winning streak this season to six after winning against her opponent from the United States, thus clinching her place in the fourth round.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Swiatek needed just 75 minutes to dispatch Pera and move through to a fourth-round meeting with either No.22 seed Zheng Qinwen or No.16 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I wouldn't say it was easy. Every match is tricky here," Swiatek said afterwards. "I'm happy that I'm getting my rhythm. Playing against a lefty is never easy...but I'm pretty happy that I was disciplined and focused."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Also in the women's singles, eighth seed Daria Kasatkina had a comfortable 6-4, 6-2 win against Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine, and 18th seed Martina Trevisan defeated Aylsia Parks of the United States 7-6(3), 6-1.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meanwhile, China's eighth-seeded women's doubles pairing of Xu Yifan and Yang Zhaoxuan were eliminated in the Round of 16 at the Madrid Open tennis tournament currently underway in Madrid.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Xu and Yang were defeated 6-3, 6-1 by American Bethanie Mettak-Sands and local favourite Paula Badosa in an hour and two minutes during the morning session, reports Xinhua.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the third round of the men's singles on Sunday, fifth seed Andrey Rublev enjoyed a straight-set 6-2, 7-5 victory over Japan's 28th seed, Yoshihito Nishioka.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rublev will face his fellow Russian Karen Khachanov after the 10th-seeded player defeated Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in a marathon match that lasted just under three hours.<\/p>\r\n\r\n