Madrid Masters: Rublev moves into last 16, tenth match win on clay in 2023

Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 5 seed, won against Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, the No 28 seed, 6-2, 7-5 to advance to the last 16 of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Sunday.

It is his tenth match win on clay so far this year, following his title in Monte-Carlo and run to the final in Banja Luka.

Rublev, ranked No 6, will face Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 10 seed, next.

The Russian beat Swiss Stan Wawrinka (7-5, 6-4) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Nishioka, ranked No 34, edged out Slovak Alex Molcan (5-7, 6-4, 6-4).

Madrid Masters, other third-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):

• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Daniil Medvedev : Monday in Madrid
• Alex De Minaur vs. Aslan Karatsev : Monday in Madrid
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Cameron Norrie : Monday in Madrid
• Taylor Fritz vs. Cristian Garin : Monday in Madrid
• Sebastian Baez vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas : Monday in Madrid
• Roman Safiullin vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles : Monday in Madrid
• Pedro Cachin vs. Frances Tiafoe :Monday in Madrid
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Jan-Lennard Struff : Monday in Madrid
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Holger Rune : Sunday in Madrid
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Grigor Dimitrov : Sunday in Madrid
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Yannick Hanfmann : Sunday in Madrid
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Borna Coric : Sunday in Madrid
• Hugo Grenier vs. Alexander Zverev : Sunday in Madrid
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Andrey Rublev: : Sunday in Madrid
• Jaume Munar beat Matteo Arnaldi (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Karen Khachanov beat Roberto Bautista Agut (20): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3

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