Madrid Masters: Rune eliminated by Davidovich Fokina after a 3h04 thriller

Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 29 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Madrid Masters by edging out Dane Holger Rune, the No 6 seed, 7-6 (1), 5-7, 7-6 (5) at the Caja Magica on Sunday evening.

The match lasted 3 hours and 5 minutes, and it ended after 1:00 in the morning.

Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 35, will face Croat Borna Coric, the No 17 seed, next.

The Spaniard defeated Albert Ramos-Vinolas (6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.

Rune, ranked No 7, edged out Kazakh Alexander Bublik (6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (9)).

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

• Sebastian Baez vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas : Monday in Madrid
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Cameron Norrie: Monday in Madrid
• Taylor Fritz vs. Cristian Garin: Monday in Madrid
• Roman Safiullin vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles: Monday in Madrid
• Alex De Minaur vs. Aslan Karatsev: Monday in Madrid
• Pedro Cachin vs. Frances Tiafoe: Monday in Madrid
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Jan-Lennard Struff: Monday in Madrid
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Daniil Medvedev: Monday in Madrid
• 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 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