Qualifier Karatsev into third round in Madrid

Aslan Karatsev beat Botic van de Zandschulp 6-2, 7-5 on Saturday and will face the winner of the match between Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 16 seed, and Italian qualifier Marco Cecchinato in the next round

Aslan Karatsev, 2022 Aslan Karatsev, 2022 AI/Reuters/Panoramic
Mutua Madrid Open •Second round • completed
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Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev won against Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, the No 23 seed, 6-2, 7-5 to reach the third round of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Saturday.

Karatsev, ranked No 121, will face the winner of the match between Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 16 seed, and Italian qualifier Marco Cecchinato next.

Ahead of his victory, the Russian defeated Serb Laslo Djere (7-6 (5), 7-5).

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

  • Dominic Thiem vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
  • Yosuke Watanuki vs. Cameron Norrie
  • Denis Shapovalov vs. Zhizhen Zhang
  • Cristian Garin vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
  • Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Frances Tiafoe
  • Francisco Cerundolo vs. Pedro Cachin
  • Taylor Fritz vs. Christopher O’Connell
  • Sebastian Baez vs. Marcos Giron
  • Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Daniel Evans: saturday
  • Alex De Minaur vs. Marco Cecchinato: saturday
  • Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Dusan Lajovic: saturday
  • Roman Safiullin (Q) beat Tommy Paul (14): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
  • Daniil Medvedev (2) beat Andrea Vavassori (Q): 6-4, 6-3
  • Alexander Shevchenko (Q) beat Jiri Lehecka (31): 6-1, 6-1
  • Jan-Lennard Struff (LL) beat Ben Shelton (32): 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5
  • Alexander Zverev (13) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-0
  • Holger Rune (6) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (9)
  • Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-3, 6-4
  • Hubert Hurkacz (12) beat Richard Gasquet: 6-7 (9), 6-4, 7-5
  • Hugo Grenier (Q) beat Sebastian Korda (22): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7)
  • Borna Coric (17) beat Hugo Gaston (WC): 6-3, 6-3
  • Roberto Bautista Agut (20) beat Quentin Halys: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3
  • Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
  • Karen Khachanov (10) beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
  • Grigor Dimitrov (26) beat Gregoire Barrere: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (2)
  • Andrey Rublev (5) beat Stan Wawrinka: 7-5, 6-4
  • Yannick Hanfmann (Q) beat Lorenzo Musetti (15): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
  • Daniel Altmaier (LL) beat Oscar Otte: 6-4, 7-5
  • Jaume Munar beat Tallon Griekspoor (30): 7-6 (3) ret.
  • Matteo Arnaldi (Q) beat Casper Ruud (3): 6-3, 6-4
  • Yoshihito Nishioka (28) beat Alex Molcan: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

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