Madrid Masters: Karatsev gets first Top 20 win in two years v de Minaur, sets up Medvedev clash in last 16

Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev moved into the last 16 of the Madrid Masters by edging out Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 16 seed, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 at the Caja Magica on Monday.

Karatsev, ranked No 121, will face second seed Daniil Medvedev next.

Earlier in the tournament, the Russian won against Serb Laslo Djere (7-6 (5), 7-5) and Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, the No 23 seed (6-2, 7-5).

De Minaur, ranked No 19, beat Italian qualifier Marco Cecchinato (6-4, 7-6 (5)) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.

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

• Sebastian Baez vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Cameron Norrie
• Taylor Fritz vs. Cristian Garin
• Roman Safiullin vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
• Pedro Cachin vs. Frances Tiafoe: monday
• Jan-Lennard Struff (LL) beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-3
• Daniil Medvedev 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