Khachanov sets up last-16 clash with top seed Sinner in Madrid

Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 16 seed, won against Italian Flavio Cobolli 7-5, 6-4 to move into the last 16 of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Monday evening.

Khachanov, ranked No 17, will face Italian Jannik Sinner, the top seed, next.

In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, the Russian edged out Spanish lucky loser Roberto Bautista Agut (3-6, 6-3, 7-5).

Cobolli, ranked No 64, edged out Chilean Alejandro Tabilo (5-7, 6-4, 6-4) and defeated Chilean Nicolas Jarry, the No 22 seed (6-3, 3-6, 6-3) in the previous rounds of the Madrid tournament.

Madrid Masters 1000, other third-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.877.020, most recent results first):

• Jannik Sinner beat Pavel Kotov: 6-2, 7-5
• Casper Ruud (5) beat Cameron Norrie (29): 6-2, 6-4
• Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Jakub Mensik: 6-1, 1-0 ret.
• Rafael Nadal beat Pedro Cachin: 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3
• Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Sebastian Korda (25): 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Jiri Lehecka (30) beat Thiago Monteiro (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Alexander Bublik (17) beat Ben Shelton (14): 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Alexander Zverev (4) beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-4, 7-5
• Francisco Cerundolo (21) beat Tommy Paul (15): 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2
• Taylor Fritz (12) beat Sebastian Baez (18): 6-2, 6-3
• Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 6-3, 6-3
• Hubert Hurkacz (8) 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