Ekaterina Alexandrova earns マラソン 勝利，勝つ in Madrid
Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova needed 3 hours, 4 minutes to 最高の，を越す the Czech 共和国's Marie Bouzkova 6-7 (4), 6-0, 7-5 on Monday in the 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of 16 at the Mutua Madrid Open.
Alexandrova's quarterfinal 対抗者 will be Amanda Anisimova after the American （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 15th-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-1, 6-4.
In the day's only matchup of seeded players, No. 8 Ons Jabeur of Tunisia 敗北・負かすd 11th-seeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Jabeur moves on to a quarterfinal matchup against two-time Madrid 支持する／優勝者 Simona Halep. The シードされていない Romanian 負かす／撃墜するd 14th-seeded Coco Gauff of the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs 6-4, 6-4.
Bouzkova 勝つ／広く一帯に広がるd in an 83-minute first 始める，決める against Alexandrova にもかかわらず dropping her first service game and 直面するing eight break points at 1-3. She broke 支援する to level the 始める，決める at 4-4 before 最終的に winning the tiebreaker.
Alexandrova 巡航するd in the second 始める，決める and went up 5-3 in the third 始める，決める before needing four more games and five match points to 調印（する） the victory.
"It was 最高の 堅い, and (Bouzkova) played so 井戸／弁護士席," Alexandrova said. "It was 肉親，親類d of impossible to finish the points because she was everywhere. Every ball I 攻撃する，衝突する, she's hitting 支援する."
Anisimova had a much easier day's work, 巡航するing to victory in 81 minutes.
"I think it was a really 堅い match, but I was playing 井戸／弁護士席 throughout all of it," Anisimova said. "It was my first time playing (Azarenka) so I was really excited, and I'm just happy to get this 勝利，勝つ."
Jabeur （機の）カム through at the 重要な moments in her 勝利，勝つ over Bencic, saving five of the six break points she 直面するd on her serve. The two played a rematch of the Charleston, S.C., final last month that Bencic won in three 始める，決めるs.
"Part of me is very proud of myself for coming today and getting the 勝利，勝つ," Jabeur said. "Belinda is such an amazing player and it's very 堅い to play against her. I'm very happy with the level I showed today, and hopefully this level will continue for the 残り／休憩（する） of the tournament."
Jabeur will 捜し出す her first 勝利，勝つ over Halep in a 完全にする match. The players have squared off three times, with Jabeur's only victory coming in 2018 on a day when Halep retired midmatch.
"She's a 広大な／多数の／重要な person, first of all, because we get so 井戸／弁護士席 together," Jabeur said. "It's always nice to talk to her. But every time on 法廷，裁判所 is a big fight, big 戦う／戦い. I'm 推定する／予想するing a big one next 一連の会議、交渉／完成する."
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