Madrid Masters: Zhang moves into last 16, first Chinese player in the RO16 of a Masters 1000
Zhizhen Zhang edged out Cameron Norrie 2-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2) on Monday evening and will play American Taylor Fritz, the No 8 seed, in the next round
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Chinese Zhizhen Zhang edged out No 11 seed Cameron Norrie 2-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2) to advance to the last 16 of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Monday evening.
Zhang, ranked No 99, made history on the Spanish clay, being the first Chinese in the Round of 16 of a Masters 1000!
will face American Taylor Fritz, the No 8 seed, next.
Madrid Masters, other third-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (4) beat Sebastian Baez (25): 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
- Taylor Fritz beat Cristian Garin: 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles beat Roman Safiullin (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
- 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
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