Anderson advances in Madrid

Madrid - South Africa's Kevin Anderson has advanced to the second round of the Madrid Masters after defeating Canada's Jesse Levine in straight sets on Monday.

The South African No 1 won comfortably, 6-2, 6-2.

Anderson will next face the winner of the match between Serbian 9th seed Janko Tipsarevic and Argentine Juan Monaco.

Results from the third day of the ATP and WTA Madrid Open on Monday (x denotes seeding):

Women's singles

First round

Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) bt Silvia Soler (ESP) 6-1, 6-1
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) bt Samantha Stosur (AUS x9) 7-6 (9/7), 6-2
Christina McHale (USA) bt Peng Shuai(CHN) 7-5, 5-7, 6-1
Maria Sharapova (RUS x2) bt Alexandra Dulgheru (ROM) 7-5, 6-2

Second round

Angelique Kerber (GER x6) bt Alize Cornet (FRA) 6-4, 6-2
Sara Errani (ITA x7) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
Laura Robson (GBR) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x4) 6-3, 6-1

Men's singles

First round

Robin Haase (NED) bt Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr. (UKR) 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 6-2
Jerzy Janowicz (POL) bt Sam Querrey (USA) 6-3, 6-4
Daniel Gimeno (ESP) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
Kevin Anderson (RSA) bt Jesse Levine (CAN) 6-2, 6-2
Denis Istomin (UZB) bt Xavier Malisse (BEL) 6-3, 6-2
Kei Nishikori (JPN x14) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 6-3, 6-2
Milos Raonic (CAN x12) bt Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 7-5, 7-6 (7/5)
Florian Mayer (GER) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 6-2, 6-7 (3/7), 6-4
John Isner (USA) bt Guillermo Garca-Lpez (ESP) 7-5, 7-6 (10/8)
Nicolas Almagro (ESP x11) bt Tobias Kamke (GER) 6-4 abandon