Madrid Masters: Fritz moves into last 16

American Taylor Fritz, the No 8 seed, defeated Chilean Cristian Garin 6-1, 7-6 (4) to advance to the last 16 of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Monday.

The world No 10 has now extended his record in tiebreaks this season to 15-3, with his record on clay seven wins and two losses.

Fritz, ranked No 10, will face the winner of the match between Chinese Zhizhen Zhang and No 11 seed Cameron Norrie next.

The American won against Australian Christopher O’Connell (7-6 (11), 6-4) ahead of his victory.

Earlier in the tournament, Garin, ranked No 73, won against Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler (7-6 (5), 6-2) and edged out Serb Miomir Kecmanovic, the No 27 seed (7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 6-4).

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

• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Cameron Norrie
• Sebastian Baez vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas: monday
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles beat Roman Safiullin (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Pedro Cachin beat Frances Tiafoe (9): 6-1, 7-6 (2)
• Aslan Karatsev (Q) beat Alex De Minaur (16): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Jan-Lennard Struff (LL) 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