Madrid Masters: Lehecka through to last 16
Jiri Lehecka beat Thiago Monteiro 6-4, 7-6 (7) on Monday afternoon and will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Rafael Nadal and Argentinian Pedro Cachin in the next round
No 30 seed Jiri Lehecka beat Brazilian qualifier Thiago Monteiro 6-4, 7-6 (7) to move into the last 16 of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Monday.
Lehecka, ranked No 31, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Rafael Nadal and Argentinian Pedro Cachin next.
In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Jiri Lehecka won against Serb qualifier Hamad Medjedovic (7-5, 6-4).
Monteiro, ranked No 118, won against Serb Dusan Lajovic (6-4, 6-3) and Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 6 seed (6-4, 6-4) in the previous rounds of the Madrid tournament.
Madrid Masters 1000, other third-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.877.020, most recent results first):
- Jannik Sinner vs. Pavel Kotov
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Karen Khachanov
- Jakub Mensik vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Rafael Nadal vs. Pedro Cachin
- Cameron Norrie vs. Casper Ruud
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Sebastian Korda: monday
- Alexander Bublik (17) beat Ben Shelton (14): 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Alexander Zverev (4) beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-4, 7-5
- Francisco Cerundolo (21) beat Tommy Paul (15): 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2
- Taylor Fritz (12) beat Sebastian Baez (18): 6-2, 6-3
- Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 6-3, 6-3
- Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Andrey Rublev (7) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (27): 7-6 (10), 6-4
- Jan-Lennard Struff (23) beat Ugo Humbert (13): 7-5, 6-4
- Tallon Griekspoor (24) beat Holger Rune (11): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
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