Madrid Masters: Norrie eases into third round

Eleventh seed Cameron Norrie advanced to the third round of the Madrid Masters by winning against Japanese qualifier Yosuke Watanuki 6-4, 7-6 (5) at the Caja Magica on Saturday evening.

Norrie, ranked No 13, will face the winner of the match between Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 21 seed, and Chinese Zhizhen Zhang next.

Watanuki, ranked No 117, beat Frenchman Corentin Moutet (6-3, 6-3) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.

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

• Dominic Thiem vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas: saturday
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Pedro Cachin beat Francisco Cerundolo (24): 6-1, 7-6 (6)
• Cristian Garin beat Miomir Kecmanovic (27): 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 6-4
• Frances Tiafoe (9) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Taylor Fritz (8) beat Christopher O’Connell: 7-6 (11), 6-4
• Sebastian Baez (25) beat Marcos Giron: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles beat Daniel Evans (19): 6-3, 6-2
• Alex De Minaur (16) beat Marco Cecchinato (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Dusan Lajovic beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (7): 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
• Aslan Karatsev (Q) beat Botic van de Zandschulp (23): 6-2, 7-5
• 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