Madrid Open 2025: Italian teenager Cina advances; Bencic, Raducanu also win
Italian teenager Federico Cina picked up his second ATP Masters 1000 victory by defeating Coleman Wong in straight sets at the Madrid Open on Wednesday.
The 18-year-old Cina won 7-6 (5), 6-1 to back up his victory over current No. 70 Francisco Comesaña in Miami last month, which marked his ATP 1000 debut. He saved both break points he faced against Wong and finished with 19 winners.
'Before the match I was a little bit tight but after a few games I started to feel good,' said the 373rd-ranked Cina, a wild-card entry who will next face American Sebastian Korda. 'It is really special to win a match at this event.'
Also on Wednesday, Gael Monfils rallied from a poor start to defeat Borna Gojo 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, while Alexander Bublik beat Alex Michelsen 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4). Comesaña got past Spaniard Pedro Martinez 6-4, 6-4 at the clay-court tournament.
Nuno Borges of Portugal rallied to defeat home-crowd favourite Pablo Carreno Busta 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 6-3, while Arthur Rinderknech defeated Roman Safiullin 7-6 (4), 6-1. Christopher O'Connell got past Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6-3, 6-4.
Belinda Bencic, who returned from maternity leave last October, defeated Zeynep Sonmez 6-0, 6-2 on the first birthday of her daughter, Bella.
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Three-time Madrid Open champion Petra Kvitova, who was back from her maternity leave in February, lost 6-4, 6-0 to Katie Volynets.
Anastasija Sevastova, who has played infrequently since giving birth in late 2022, defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 7-5.
Emma Raducanu had her first win on outdoor clay since 2022, coming from a break down in both sets to beat Suzan Lamens 7-6 (4), 6-4.
The 2021 U.S. Open champion had missed most of the 2023 clay season because of wrist and ankle surgeries. She then cut short her 2024 season on the surface after losing in her Madrid opener.
In other action on the women's side, Americans Alycia Parks and Bernarda Pera advanced in straight sets. Pera got past Jana Fett 6-4, 6-3, while Parks overcame Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 6-3, 6-3.
Three other Americans lost: Robing Montgomery fell 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 to Moyuka Uchijima, Ahslyn Krueger lost 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2 to Anastasia Potatova, and McCartney Kessler was defeated 6-2, 6-4 by Bianca Andreescu.
Maria Sakkari defeated Xinyu Wang 6-4, 7-6 (7).
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