Madrid: World No 5&nbsp; Victoria Azarenka extended her winning streak to 16 matches with a comfortable 6-3, 6-2 victory over France&rsquo;s Alize Cornet to reach the third round of the Madrid Open yesterday.
<img title="Petra Kvitova" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/may/kvitova.jpg" alt="Petra Kvitova" /> Petra Kvitova
The Belarussian clinched her last two tournaments at Indian Wells and Miami and is the favourite to land her first title in Madrid.
<img title="Azarenka" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/may/Victoria-Azarenka,.jpg" alt="Azarenka" /> Azarenka
Azarenka raced into a 4-1 first set lead against World No 48 Cornet and, despite a blip dropping serve for the only time in the match for 4-2, broke once more to seal the set 6-3. The second set was even more straight forward for the two-time Grand Slam champion as two breaks of serve sealed victory in just under 90 minutes on court.
Defending champion Petra Kvitova remained on course for a quarter-final showdown with Azarenka with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Russian Elena Vesnina.

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World No 5&nbsp; Victoria Azarenka extended her winning streak to 16 matches with a comfortable 6-3, 6-2 victory over France&rsquo;s Alize Cornet to reach the third round of the Madrid Open yesterday

Madrid Open: Azarenka, Kvitova ease through to third round

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