Madrid Masters: Arnaldi shocks Ruud, through to third round

Italian qualifier Matteo Arnaldi advanced to the third round of the Madrid Masters by beating Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 3 seed, 6-3, 6-4 at the Caja Magica on Friday.

Arnaldi, ranked No 105, will play Spaniard Jaume Munar next.

The 22-year-old Italian edged out French qualifier Benoit Paire (6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (6)) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.

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

• Andrea Vavassori vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Alex De Minaur vs. Marco Cecchinato
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Cameron Norrie
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Cristian Garin vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Taylor Fritz vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Dominic Thiem vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Sebastian Baez vs. Marcos Giron
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Daniel Evans
• Tommy Paul vs. Roman Safiullin
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Pedro Cachin
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Ben Shelton
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Alexander Zverev
• Alexander Bublik vs. Holger Rune
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
• Sebastian Korda vs. Hugo Grenier
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Hugo Gaston vs. Borna Coric
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Richard Gasquet
• Quentin Halys vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Karen Khachanov vs. Thiago Monteiro
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Andrey Rublev
• Gregoire Barrere vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Lorenzo Musetti: friday
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Oscar Otte: friday
• Jaume Munar beat Tallon Griekspoor (30): 7-6 (3) ret.
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Alex Molcan: friday