By beating Cirstea, Swiatek has been through to the Madrid round-of-16 for the third time in her third appearance at Caja Magica. For a place in the Madrid quarterfinal, Swiatek will be playing against the winner of the match between Victoria Azarenka and Sara Sorribes Tormo.

Third-seeded Coco Gauff almost let the first set slip away to No. 31 Dayana Yastremska before getting back to form and shutting down the Ukrainian 6-4, 6-1 on Saturday to advance to the Round of 16 at the Mutua Madrid Open.

Iga Swiatek, who lost last year's final to Aryna Sabalenka, improved her record this season to 26-4 at the Madrid Open. She will next face either Victoria Azarenka or Sara Sorribes Tormo on Monday for

Swiatek, who is by far the player with the most clay success over the last few years, has three French Open titles in her collection and she is also a two-time champion at a WTA 1000 tournament in Rome and also has two titles at a WTA 500 tournament in Stuttgart.

Iga Swiatek is through to her sixth round of 16 from seven main-draw appearances in WTA 1000 events on clay (85.7 per cent) - the highest percentage rate among players with at least five such appearan

World number one Iga Swiatek beats Sorana Cirstea in straight sets to set up a meeting with Victoria Azarenka or Sara Sorribes Tormo.