Madrid Masters: Sinner moves into third round, first-set bagel v Sonego

Top seed Jannik Sinner won against Lorenzo Sonego 6-0, 6-3 to reach the third round of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Saturday.

In a match that lasted 69 minutes, Sinner extended his record against fellow Italians to 13-0 – and against Sonego specifically to 5-0.

Sinner hit 16 winners and 10 unforced errors compared to Sonego’s nine winners and 25 unforced errors – and his serve was excellent, with 86 per cent of first serve points won.

“I started off well, very solid, not making so many mistakes – he was rushing a little bit,” Sinner said afterwards. “We are good friends off the court, we play Davis Cup together, we have a great relationship – it was tough mentally.

“It was a good day for me at the office. Let’s see what’s coming in the next round.”

Sinner, ranked No 2, will face the winner of the match between Russian Pavel Kotov and Australian Jordan Thompson, the No 32 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Sonego, ranked No 52, defeated French qualifier Richard Gasquet (6-2, 7-5).

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

• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Casper Ruud
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Karen Khachanov
• Cameron Norrie vs. Joao Fonseca
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Alex De Minaur vs. Rafael Nadal
• Tomas Machac vs. Ben Shelton
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jakub Mensik
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Alexander Bublik vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Pavel Kotov vs. Jordan Thompson
• Pedro Cachin vs. Frances Tiafoe: saturday
• Jiri Lehecka (30) beat Hamad Medjedovic (Q): 7-5, 6-4
• Sebastian Korda (25) 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