Madrid Masters: Medvedev books spot in third round

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed, advanced to the third round of the Madrid Masters by edging out Italian Matteo Arnaldi 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 at the Caja Magica on Saturday.

He has now reached the quarter-finals of all nine Masters 1000 events.

The win over Arnaldi means he is now 15-0 against players ranked outside the Top 20 over the course of his career – and it means he has 20 tour-level wins for the eighth consecutive season.

Medvedev, ranked No 4, will play American Sebastian Korda, the No 25 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Arnaldi, ranked No 36, won against Australian Christopher O’Connell (6-4, 6-1).

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Tennis Majors

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

• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Casper Ruud
• Cameron Norrie vs. Joao Fonseca
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Karen Khachanov
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Alexander Bublik vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Tomas Machac vs. Ben Shelton
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jakub Mensik
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Rafael Nadal beat Alex De Minaur (10): 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Pavel Kotov vs. Jordan Thompson: saturday
• Pedro Cachin beat Frances Tiafoe (20): 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-0, 6-3
• Jiri Lehecka (30) beat Hamad Medjedovic (Q): 7-5, 6-4
• Sebastian Korda beat Max Purcell: 6-3, 6-3
• Thiago Monteiro (Q) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (6): 6-4, 6-4
• Alexander Zverev (4) beat Borna Coric: 6-3, 6-2
• Tallon Griekspoor (24) beat Taro Daniel: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Jan-Lennard Struff (23) beat Jaume Munar: 6-1, 7-5
• Holger Rune (11) beat Mariano Navone: 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Ugo Humbert (13) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-3, 6-3
• Taylor Fritz (12) beat Luciano Darderi: 7-6 (1), 6-4
• Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-2, 6-1
• Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Jack Draper: 6-1, 7-5
• Sebastian Baez (18) beat Luca Van Assche: 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3
• Denis Shapovalov beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (26): 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (27) beat Juncheng Shang (WC): 7-5, 6-3
• Daniel Altmaier beat Arthur Fils (31): 6-2, 6-3
• Andrey Rublev (7) beat Facundo Bagnis (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Lorenzo Musetti (28): 6-4, 6-4
• Francisco Cerundolo (21) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Tommy Paul (15) beat Lukas Klein (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4