Madrid Masters: Zapata Miralles into last 16, could play Tsitsipas next

Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles won against Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to advance to the last 16 of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Monday.

Zapata Miralles, ranked No 42, will play the winner of the match between Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 25 seed, and Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 4 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the Spaniard edged out American Mackenzie McDonald (3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)) and beat No 19 seed Daniel Evans (6-3, 6-2).

Safiullin, ranked No 112, won against Chilean Nicolas Jarry (6-2, 3-6, 6-3) and American Tommy Paul, the No 14 seed (6-3, 7-6 (3)) earlier in the tournament.

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

• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Cameron Norrie
• Sebastian Baez vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Taylor Fritz vs. Cristian Garin
• Pedro Cachin beat Frances Tiafoe (9): 6-1, 7-6 (2)
• Aslan Karatsev (Q) beat Alex De Minaur (16): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Jan-Lennard Struff (LL) beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-3
• Daniil Medvedev (2) beat Alexander Shevchenko (Q): 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29) beat Holger Rune (6): 7-6 (1), 5-7, 7-6 (5)
• Daniel Altmaier (LL) beat Yannick Hanfmann (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Grigor Dimitrov (26): 6-2, 7-5
• Borna Coric (17) beat Hubert Hurkacz (12): 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Alexander Zverev (13) beat Hugo Grenier (Q): 6-1, 6-0
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Yoshihito Nishioka (28): 6-2, 7-5
• Jaume Munar beat Matteo Arnaldi (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Karen Khachanov (10) beat Roberto Bautista Agut (20): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3