Caty McNally recorded the first top-10 victory of her career when she scored a 6-4, 6-1 triumph over No. 10 Victoria Mboko on Friday in the second round of the Madrid Open.

McNally needed just 79 minutes to land her first win in nine attempts against top-10 opponents.

“I feel like I’ve been knocking on the door for a little while with some of these really great players — winning a set off them but not really being able to string together two sets,” McNally said on-court. “Today, I just stayed so tough and I’m just so proud of that. I played some really solid tennis and it’s such a nice feeling.”

The 24-year-old American feels she is back on track. She missed most of the 2024 season after wrist surgery and struggled to gain traction in 2025.

“I love playing matches like this and seeing where my level is at — I’m proving to myself that I’m there,” McNally said. “(Mboko is) an amazing player and we’ve had some great matches. At one point, I had to take a step back and realize the journey I’ve (been) on to get here. To realize I’m in Madrid, Spain playing on basically a full court — that’s such a privilege.”

Mboko’s struggles also aided McNally. The Canadian had 47 unforced errors and six double faults.

McNally now takes aim at reaching the Round of 16 at a WTA 1000-level event for the first time when she faces Katerina Siniakova on Sunday. The Czech recorded a 6-2, 6-2 win over Russian lucky loser Anna Blinkova, who got the call when No. 17 seed Clara Tauson withdrew Friday due to a shoulder injury.

Madison Keys (illness) also withdrew and was replaced by Austria’s Anastasia Potapova, who registered a 6-3, 6-1 win over China’s Shuai Zhang.

“I didn’t warm up, I didn’t do any practices, so today was the first morning when I went early to the stadium,” Potapova said. “I signed for the early warmup. Literally when I was warming up on (the practice) court, a supervisor came and said that ‘you’re going on at first match.’ It literally happened at 10:25 a.m. (Madrid time).”

No. 2 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan held off Romania’s Elena-Gabriela Ruse 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the third round. No. 3 Coco Gauff had an easy time, routing Leolia Jeanjean of France 6-3, 6-0.

No. 5 Jessica Pegula was a 6-4, 6-4 winner over Great Britain’s Katie Boulter.

No. 13 Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic defeated Emiliana Arango of Colombia 6-3, 6-2. No. 19 Elise Mertens of Belgium moved on with a 6-2, 6-1 rout of Alexandra Eala of the Philippines.

No. 20 Liudmila Samsonova of Russia cruised to a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Janice Tjen of Indonesia, while No. 21 Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia posted a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Switzerland’s Simona Waltert. No. 25 Sorana Cirstea of Romania fought out Italy’s Tyra Caterina Grant for a 6-2, 7-6 (5) victory, while No. 26 Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine rolled to a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan.

Turkey’s Zeynep Sonmez outlasted No. 27 Cristina Bucsa of Spain 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-2, and No. 32 Qinwen Zheng of China recovered for a 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Sofia Kenin.

Czech Karolina Pliskova notched a 6-4, 7-6 (6) victory over No. 33 Maria Sakkari of Greece. Argentina’s Solana Sierra beat No. 34 seeded Magdalena Frech of Poland 6-2, 6-4.

–Field Level Media

Croatian qualifier Dino Prizmic earned his first career top-10 win, toppling No. 4 seed Ben Shelton 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5) in a marathon three-hour match to reach the third round of the Madrid Open on Friday.

Prizmic, 20, was excellent on his serve, winning 70.6% of his service points (77 of 109) and never facing a break point in the match. Shelton had twice as many aces (10-5) and more winners (44-31) but also more unforced errors (44-28).

Prizmic is through to the third round of an ATP Masters 1000 event for the first time.

“It means a lot,” Prizmic said after the win. “Today was a very hard match for me and I just tried to play my game, stay focused every point and it definitely worked today. I’m working a lot with my team to stay calm on the important points, but (Shelton) is No. 6 in the world. … I was waiting for my chances, and I took them in the end.”

Shelton saved 5 of 6 break points. The only break of the match, down 5-4 in the first set, proved to be the difference, snapping his five-match winning streak.

Prizmic wasn’t the only player to secure his first career top-10 victory on Friday. Spanish wild card Rafael Jodar, playing in his hometown, coasted past No. 5 Alex de Minaur of Australia 6-3, 6-1 in 75 minutes.

Jodar, 19, won nearly as many of his return points (57.6%) as he did service points (61.2%), converting 6 of 13 break-point chances. de Minaur had just three winners and 26 unforced errors.

Jodar, who won his first ATP title earlier this month in Marrakech and then made the Barcelona semifinals, will face Brazilian 19-year-old Joao Fonseca, who advanced over Croatia’s Marin Cilic via walkover, in a battle of the two youngest top-100 ranked players for a Round of 16 spot.

There was plenty of other Friday carnage with seeded competitors losing their opening matches. No. 9 Russian Andrey Rublev fell 6-3, 6-4 to Czech Vit Kopriva; No. 14 Valentin Vacherot of Monaco lost 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1), 6-3 to Emilio Nava; and No. 15 Tommy Paul was defeated by Argentina’s Thiago Agustin Tirante 7-5, 6-4.

No. 32 Canadian Gabriel Diallo was forced to retire due to an injury against qualifier Elmer Moller of Denmark when down 7-5, 3-3.

World No. 1 Jannik Sinner nearly joined the ranks of the early exits, but rallied for a 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-4 win over French qualifier Benjamin Bonzi to secure his 18th straight victory.

A number of seeded players took care of business. No. 6 Lorenzo Musetti of Italy swept Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz 6-4, 7-6 (4). No. 22 Arthur Rinderknech of France blew past Serbian qualifier Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-2. No. 25 Tomas Martin Etcheverry of Argentina bested Austria’s Sebastian Ofner 6-4, 6-4, and Dutch 29th seed Tallon Griekspoor held off Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Damir Dzumhur 6-3, 6-4.

In three-set action, No. 11 Czech Jiri Lehecka rallied for a 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4 triumph over Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo; No. 19 Brit Cameron Norrie outlasted Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (5); and No. 21 Arthur Fils of France pulled off a 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 7-5 comeback victory over Peru’s Ignacio Buse.

In the only matchup of the day between unseeded foes, Alex Michelsen routed Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff 6-2, 6-1 in 58 minutes.

–Field Level Media

Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant is set to miss his second game of the Western Conference first-round playoff series against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers.

Less than 90 minutes before tipoff of Game 3 on Friday night in Houston, the Rockets ruled out Durant due to a left ankle sprain. He had been considered questionable.

The Rockets enter the game already in a 2-0 series hole.

Durant missed Game 1 after reportedly bumping knees with a teammate in practice and coming away with a bruised tendon. He returned for Game 2 on Tuesday and played 41 minutes, putting up 23 points, six rebounds and four assists but committing nine turnovers.

The Lakers won 101-94, and Durant suffered his ankle sprain during the course of that game.

In his first campaign with Houston, Durant, 37, had his healthiest season in seven years. He played 78 of a possible 82 regular-season games, matching his total from 2018-19 with the Golden State Warriors.

If the Lakers beat the short-handed Rockets on Friday, Houston will be on the verge of getting swept when the teams reconvened for Game 4 on Sunday.

–Field Level Media