Madrid PHOTOS: Osaka, Halep progress as Kerber withdraws

Top players had mixed results as the second round wrapped up at the Mutua Madrid Open on Tuesday. Naomi Osaka and Simona Halep overcame their obstacles, while Karolina Pliskova couldn’t produce another miracle comeback and Angelique Kerber left the tournament injured.

Top seed Naomi Osaka was taken to three sets by world No.73 Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain, winning the first set in a tiebreak and the decider with a bagel, while the Japanese had her serve broken three times in the second set, 7-6(5) 3-6 6-0.

Earlier in the day, seed No.3 Simona Halep defeated last week’s Morocco Open runner-up Johanna Konta 7-5 6-1, recovering from a 4-2 deficit in the first set and wrapping it up on the fifth…