China's eighth-seeded women's doubles pairing of Xu Yifan and Yang Zhaoxuan were eliminated in the Round of 16 at the Madrid Open tennis tournament currently
Xu and Yang were defeated 6-3, 6-1 by American Bethanie Mettak-Sands and local favorite Paula Badosa in an hour and two minutes during the morning session in Madrid.
In the third round of the men's singles on Sunday, fifth seed Andrey Rublev enjoyed a straight-set 6-2, 7-5 victory over Japan's 28th seed, Yoshihito Nishioka.
Rublev will face his fellow Russian Karen Khachanov after the 10th-seeded player defeated Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in a marathon match that lasted just under three hours.
Spain's Jaume Munar gave home fans something to cheer about when he fought back from a set down to defeat Matteo Arnaldi, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.
In the women's singles, eighth seed Daria Kasatkina had a comfortable 6-4, 6-2 win against Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine, and 18th seed Martina Trevisan defeated Aylsia Parks of the United States 7-6(3), 6-1.
