Madrid Masters: Fritz eases past Baez to move into last 16
Taylor Fritz beat Sebastian Baez 6-2, 6-3 on Sunday afternoon and will face Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 8 seed, in the next round
Taylor Fritz, Madrid Open, 2024 © Zuma / Panoramic
American Taylor Fritz, the No 12 seed, beat Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 18 seed, 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the last 16 of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica.
Fritz, ranked No 13, will play Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 8 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, the American defeated Italian Luciano Darderi (7-6 (1), 6-4).
Baez, ranked No 19, beat Frenchman Luca Van Assche (6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.
Madrid Masters 1000, other third-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.877.020, most recent results first):
- Jannik Sinner vs. Pavel Kotov
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Karen Khachanov
- Jakub Mensik vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Rafael Nadal vs. Pedro Cachin
- Cameron Norrie vs. Casper Ruud
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Thiago Monteiro
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Sebastian Korda
- Alexander Bublik vs. Ben Shelton
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Alexander Zverev
- Tommy Paul vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 6-3, 6-3
- Hubert Hurkacz beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Andrey Rublev (7) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (27): 7-6 (10), 6-4
- Jan-Lennard Struff (23) beat Ugo Humbert (13): 7-5, 6-4
- Tallon Griekspoor (24) beat Holger Rune (11): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
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