Madrid Open 2023 results: Carlos Alcaraz & Iga Swiatek win, Elena Rybakina out

Alcaraz will play Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov next after the 26th seed won 7-6 ( 8-6) 7-6 (7-2) against France's Gregoire Barrere in his second-round match.

Russian fifth seed Andrey Rublev moved into the last 32 with a 6-2 6-4 success against Swiss veteran Stan Wawrinka, but the struggles of Norway's Casper Ruud - seeded third - continued with a 6-3 6-4 defeat by Italian qualifier Matteo Arnaldi.

Ruud, who reached the French Open and US Open finals last year, has only won back-to-back matches at one tournament this year - when he won the Estoril title.

In the WTA event, Poland's world number one Swiatek breezed through her opening match as she extended her recent clay-court record to 23 wins from her past 24 matches on the surface.

Kazakhstan's Rybakina, seeded seventh, lifted the Indian Wells title and reached the Miami final, but has won one of her opening three matches on the European clay after being beaten 7-5 4-6 6-2 by world number 60 Kalinskaya.

American third seed Jessica Pegula reached the third round by beating Poland's Magdalena Frech, while 22-year-old American Alycia Parks shocked Belarusian two-time finalist Victoria Azarenka in a straight-set win.

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