MADRID: Holder Petra Kvitova blunted a late attack from France's Kristina Mladenovic to advance 6-3, 7-6 into the third round of the Madrid Open on Monday .
"The clay conditions here are a bit different compared to other venues, so I needed time to fight it out."But Mladenovic broke back for 3-all and eventually forced the contest to a tiebreaker, which Kvitova captured."I had to fight, but I'm glad that I had this match. Hopefully, it's given me a bit more freedom for the next round," last month's Stuttgart clay winner said.
"I was playing smart tennis. But I didn't create anything with my serve today and it was really frustrating."I need to make it more simple and just do the right things."Dutch seventh seed Kiki Bertens advanced past 2017 Roland Garros champion Jelena Ostapenko 6-4, 6-3.
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