Madrid Masters: Cobolli books spot in third round

Italian Flavio Cobolli beat Chilean Nicolas Jarry, the No 22 seed, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to move into the third round of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Saturday evening.

Cobolli, ranked No 64, will face Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 16 seed, next.

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The 21-year-old Italian edged out Chilean Alejandro Tabilo (5-7, 6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.

Madrid Masters 1000, other second-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.877.020, most recent results first):

• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Casper Ruud: saturday
• Cameron Norrie (29) beat Joao Fonseca (WC): 6-1, 6-4
• Ben Shelton (14) beat Tomas Machac: 6-0, 6-2
• Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Adrian Mannarino (19): 6-0, 6-4
• Karen Khachanov beat Roberto Bautista Agut (LL): 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Jakub Mensik beat Grigor Dimitrov (9): 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3
• Alexander Bublik (17) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Rafael Nadal beat Alex De Minaur (10): 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Pavel Kotov beat Jordan Thompson (32): 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
• Pedro Cachin beat Frances Tiafoe (20): 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-0, 6-3
• Jiri Lehecka (30) beat Hamad Medjedovic (Q): 7-5, 6-4
• Sebastian Korda (25) beat Max Purcell: 6-3, 6-3
• Thiago Monteiro (Q) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (6): 6-4, 6-4
• Alexander Zverev (4) beat Borna Coric: 6-3, 6-2
• Tallon Griekspoor (24) beat Taro Daniel: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Jan-Lennard Struff (23) beat Jaume Munar: 6-1, 7-5
• Holger Rune (11) beat Mariano Navone: 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Ugo Humbert (13) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-3, 6-3
• Taylor Fritz (12) beat Luciano Darderi: 7-6 (1), 6-4
• Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-2, 6-1
• Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Jack Draper: 6-1, 7-5
• Sebastian Baez (18) beat Luca Van Assche: 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3
• Denis Shapovalov beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (26): 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (27) beat Juncheng Shang (WC): 7-5, 6-3
• Daniel Altmaier beat Arthur Fils (31): 6-2, 6-3
• Andrey Rublev (7) beat Facundo Bagnis (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Lorenzo Musetti (28): 6-4, 6-4
• Francisco Cerundolo (21) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Tommy Paul (15) beat Lukas Klein (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4