Madrid Masters: Davidovich Fokina sets up Rublev clash
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Juncheng Shang 7-5, 6-3 on Friday and will play Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 7 seed, in the next round
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Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 27 seed, won against Chinese wildcard Juncheng Shang 7-5, 6-3 to move into the third round of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Friday.
Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 28, will play Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 7 seed, next.
Shang, ranked No 111, edged out French qualifier Corentin Moutet (6-7 (9), 6-2, 7-6 (10)) 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
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Karen Khachanov
- Alex De Minaur vs. Rafael Nadal
- Pedro Cachin vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Pavel Kotov vs. Jordan Thompson
- Jannik Sinner vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Thiago Monteiro vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Max Purcell vs. Sebastian Korda
- Tomas Machac vs. Ben Shelton
- Alexander Bublik vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Cameron Norrie vs. Joao Fonseca
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Adrian Mannarino
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jakub Mensik
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Borna Coric vs. Alexander Zverev
- Mariano Navone vs. Holger Rune
- Jaume Munar vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Taro Daniel
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Ugo Humbert vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Luciano Darderi vs. Taylor Fritz
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Jack Draper
- Sebastian Baez vs. Luca Van Assche: friday
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Denis Shapovalov: friday
- Daniel Altmaier beat Arthur Fils (31): 6-2, 6-3
- Andrey Rublev 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
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