Second-ranked Naomi Osaka is out of the Madrid Open as Karolina Muchova won 6-4 3-6 6-1 in the second round on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Muchova eased through the deciding set to earn her third win against a top 10 opponent this year. The 20th-ranked Czech was a semi-finalist at the Australian Open, which was won by Osaka in February.<\/p>\n
"It was a tough match today, but we had some preparation," Muchova said. "I was ready to play with all I had today, and to use all the weapons I could and (do) what I can."<\/p>\n
Osaka was coming off a quarter-final loss to Maria Sakkari in Miami.<\/p>\n
"On the third set I felt I just started off really bad and I couldn't afford to do that," Osaka said.<\/p>\n
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Muchova next faces 16th-seeded Sakkari, who defeated Anett Kontaveit 6-3 6-1.<\/p>\n
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat sixth-seeded Karolina Pliskova 6-0 7-5, while fifth-seeded Aryna Sabalenka defeated Daria Kasatkina 6-3 6-3.<\/p>\n
In the men's draw, 11th-seeded Denis Shapovalov won 90 per cent of his first-serve points to beat Dusan Lajovic 6-1 6-3 and reach the second round. American Tommy Paul defeated Pedro Mart\u00ednez 6-4 7-5.<\/p>\n
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