Two more American women moved into the second round in Madrid on Sunday. Madison Keys started off with a tough 1-6 first set loss to Alison Riske but was able to regain her footing and fight back for 6-3 and 6-4 wins to win the American tussle. Becoming the fourth American in the second round was a bit of a surprise, qualifier Louisa Chirico. Chirico faced a tough first set but pulled away in the second defeating Monica Niculsecu of Romania 7-5, 6-1.

Not advancing from the first round in women’s singles action was Coco Vandeweghe who faced tough competition and lost 6-7, 1-6 to #11 Lucia Safarova of the Czech Republic. Steve Johnson was knocked out of the men’s event after losing a tough match 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 to Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine.

On Monday Chirico will face a tough task as she takes on #14 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia while Christina McHale gets back to action in the second round against #13 Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic. Keys is also facing a Czech opponent, Barbora Strycova. #16 Sloane Stephens also returns to action against qualifier Patricia Mia Tig of Romania. Sam Querrey will get into the competition in the men’s singles event against qualifier Pierre-Hughes Herbert of France. Finally in the women’s doubles competition Vania King will team with Russian Alla Kudryavtseva to take on Julia Goerges of Georgia and Pliskova.

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