The two leading women both reached the third round of the Madrid Masters yesterday, with top seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus made to struggle by Czech Andrea Hlavackova before emerging 6-3, 7-6 (7/2) winner.
Second seed Russian Maria Sharapova defeated another Czech in Klara Zakopalova 6-4, 6-3, firing 18 winners and breaking five times. Earlier, American seven-time grand slam-winner Venus Williams crashed out 6-4, 6-1 to German 12th seed Angelique Kerber in round two.
Venus Williams
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