Madrid Masters: Cachin takes out ninth seed Tiafoe, through to last 16

Argentinian Pedro Cachin reached the last 16 of the Madrid Masters by winning against American Frances Tiafoe, the No 9 seed, 6-1, 7-6 (2) at the Caja Magica on Monday.

Cachin, ranked No 67, will face German lucky loser Jan-Lennard Struff next.

The Argentinian beat Jordanian wildcard Abdullah Shelbayh (6-1, 6-4) and No 24 seed Francisco Cerundolo (6-1, 7-6 (6)) ahead of his victory. Tiafoe, ranked No 11, defeated Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6-3, 7-6 (5)).

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

• Sebastian Baez vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Cameron Norrie
• Taylor Fritz vs. Cristian Garin
• Roman Safiullin vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
• Aslan Karatsev (Q) beat Alex De Minaur (16): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Jan-Lennard Struff beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-3
• Daniil Medvedev (2) beat Alexander Shevchenko (Q): 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29) beat Holger Rune (6): 7-6 (1), 5-7, 7-6 (5)
• Daniel Altmaier (LL) beat Yannick Hanfmann (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Grigor Dimitrov (26): 6-2, 7-5
• Borna Coric (17) beat Hubert Hurkacz (12): 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Alexander Zverev (13) beat Hugo Grenier (Q): 6-1, 6-0
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Yoshihito Nishioka (28): 6-2, 7-5
• Jaume Munar beat Matteo Arnaldi (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Karen Khachanov (10) beat Roberto Bautista Agut (20): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3