Madrid Masters: Zverev into last 16

German Alexander Zverev, the No 4 seed, held off a late fightback from Canadian Denis Shapovalov to win 6-4, 7-5 and move into the last 16 of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Sunday night.

Zverev, ranked No 5, will face Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 21 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the German defeated Croat Borna Coric (6-3, 6-2).

Shapovalov, ranked No 132, won against Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta (6-4, 3-6, 6-3) and Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry, the No 26 seed (7-6 (3), 6-3) in the previous rounds of the Madrid tournament.

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

• Jannik Sinner vs. Pavel Kotov
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Karen Khachanov
• Jakub Mensik vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Rafael Nadal vs. Pedro Cachin
• Cameron Norrie vs. Casper Ruud
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Thiago Monteiro
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Sebastian Korda
• Alexander Bublik vs. Ben Shelton
• Francisco Cerundolo beat Tommy Paul (15): 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2
• Taylor Fritz (12) beat Sebastian Baez (18): 6-2, 6-3
• Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 6-3, 6-3
• Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• Andrey Rublev (7) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (27): 7-6 (10), 6-4
• Jan-Lennard Struff (23) beat Ugo Humbert (13): 7-5, 6-4
• Tallon Griekspoor (24) beat Holger Rune (11): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3