Milan, 25 April (LaPresse) – Jasmine Paolini made a smooth debut at the Mutua Madrid Open, a WTA 1000 tournament with a prize pool of €7,854,000 being played on clay at the Caja Magica in Madrid, Spain (combined with an ATP Masters 1000 event). The 26-year-old from Bagni di Lucca, ranked No. 6 in the WTA and sixth seed, like all the top 32 seeds, was exempt from the first round. The Tuscan tennis player, fresh from the semi-finals in Stuttgart (where she was stopped by Sabalenka), easily defeated Britain's Katie Boulter, ranked No. In the next round, Paolini will face the winner of the match between Poland's Magda Linette, ranked 33rd and seeded 29th, and Greece's Maria Sakkari, ranked 82nd.