The World No.2 defeated Poland's Magda Linette 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in a match that lasted for two hours and 9 minutes to book her place in the third round of the tournament.
Fourth seed Elena Rybakina ended World No. 1 Iga Swiatek's campaign for a third title at the Stuttgart Open with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 triumph in the semifinals.
The announcement of was Laureus World Sports Awards made on Wednesday by Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida, the Mayor of Madrid, and Isabel Diaz Ayuso, President of the Madrid Region, along with Laureus Academy Members Raul Gonzalez and Alessandro Del Piero, at the Teatro Albeniz in Madrid