The second round of the Masters1000 in Madrid has closed. A productive day for Italy, with the successes dthe Jannik Sinner on Lorenzo Sonego and by Flavio Cobolli with Nicolas Jarry, in addition to the knockout of Matteo Arnaldi with Daniil Medvedev. Also noteworthy is Rafa Nadal’s success with Alex De Minaur, taking revenge for the defeat in Barcelona, and the surprising knockout of Stefanos Tsitsipas with Thiago Monteiro.
For Sinner the third round opponent will be Pavel Kotov, who managed to save two match points in the match against Jordan Thompson, while Cobolli will face him Karen Khachanov, who had to work hard with Roberto Bautista Agut. In addition to Tsitsipas, another important seed fell, Grigor Dimitrov: the Bulgarian slips against the young Czech Jakub Mensik, which continues its climb up the charts, now for him Felix Auger-Aliassime who managed to get the better of Adrian Mannarino.
It also slips Frances Tiafoewho is eliminated by the Argentine Pedro Cachin, while he has an easy life Casper Ruudwho suffers a bit in the first set with Miomir Kecmanovic and then dominated the second half. Cameron Norrie puts an end to the adventure of Joao Fonseca with the score 6-1 6-4, while Ben Shelton walks against Tomas Machac who only managed two games. Instead, he wins in a comeback Alexander Bublik over Roberto Carballes Baena, while Jiri Lehecka and Sebastian Korda get the better of Hamad Medjedovic and Max Purcell.
ATP MADRID, THE RESULTS OF 27 APRIL
T. Monteiro b. S. Tsitsipas 6-4 6-4
S. Korda b. M. Purcell 6-3 6-3
J. Lehecka b. H. Medjedovic 7-5 6-4
J. Sinner b. L. Sonego 6-0 6-3
P. Cachin b. F. Tiafoe 7-6 3-6 6-4
P. Kotov b. J. Thompson 5-7 6-4 7-5
R. Nadal b. A. De Minaur 7-6 6-3
D. Medvedev b. M. Arnaldi 2-6 6-4 6-4
A. Bublik b. R. Carballes Baena 1-6 6-2 6-2
J. Mensik b. G. Dimitrov 6-2 6-7 6-3
K. Khachanov b. R. Bautista Agut 3-6 6-3 7-5
F. Auger-Aliassime b. A. Mannarino 6-0 6-4
F. Cobolli b. N. Jarry 6-3 3-6 6-3
B. Shelton b. T. Machac 6-0 6-2
C. Norrie b. J. Fonseca 6-1 6-4
C. Ruud b. M. Kecmanovic 6-4 6-1
