Alert: Rafael Nadal tops De Minaur in Madrid, advances to third round

Spaniard Rafael Nadal advanced to the third round of the Madrid Masters by winning against Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 10 seed, 7-6 (6), 6-3 at the Caja Magica on Saturday afternoon.

Nadal, who scored his first Top 20 win since the 2022 ATP finals, avenged a straight-set loss to the De Minaur last week in Barcelona. The five-time Madrid champion will play Argentinian Pedro Cachin in the third round.

The 37-year-old Spaniard defeated American wildcard Darwin Blanch (6-1, 6-0) ahead of his victory.

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

• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Casper Ruud
• Cameron Norrie vs. Joao Fonseca
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Karen Khachanov
• Tomas Machac vs. Ben Shelton
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jakub Mensik
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Alexander Bublik vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Matteo Arnaldi: saturday
• Pavel Kotov vs. Jordan Thompson: saturday
• Pedro Cachin beat Frances Tiafoe (20): 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-0, 6-3
• 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