Madrid Masters: Safiullin knocks out Paul to reach third round
Roman Safiullin won against Tommy Paul 6-3, 7-6 (3) on Saturday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles and No 19 seed Daniel Evans in the next round
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Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin moved into the third round of the Madrid Masters by winning against American Tommy Paul, the No 14 seed, 6-3, 7-6 (3) at the Caja Magica on Saturday.
Safiullin, ranked No 112, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles and No 19 seed Daniel Evans next.
The Russian beat Chilean Nicolas Jarry (6-2, 3-6, 6-3) ahead of his victory.
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
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Botic van de Zandschulp: saturday
- 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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