The second round matches in the lower part of the draw of the Masters 1000 in Madrid have been completed. Excellent debut for Carlos Alcaraz, who was returning to the field after missing Monte Carlo and Barcelona due to an arm injury. The Spaniard clearly defeated Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko with the score 6-2 6-1. Now the world number three will face the Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild, who immediately put an end to Lorenzo Musetti’s journey with a double 6-4.
Unfortunately, a still negative performance from the Tuscan, who now risks dropping out of the top thirty in the world rankings. However, a bad day for Italian tennis, given that Luciano Darderi also lost, who however fought against the American Taylor Fritz, losing 7-6 6-4. The American will face the Argentine Sebastian Baez, who managed to win in the third set against the French Luca Van Assche with a score of 6-4 6-7 6-3.
Good first for Alexander Zverev, who brilliantly beat the Croatian Borna Coric 6-3 6-2. Excellent performance for the German, who will now face the revived Denis Shapovalov, who defeated the Argentine Etcheverry 7-6 6-3.
A lot of suffering for Holger Rune. The Dane overcame a break deficit at the end of the second set against Argentine Mariano Navone, eventually winning with a score of 5-7 7-6 6-4 after three hours of play. Now Rune will face the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor, who came from behind to beat the Japanese Taro Daniel 4-6 6-3 6-4.
ATP MADRID RESULTS 2024 (APRIL 26)
Cerundolo (Arg) b. Maroszan (Hun) 6-2 7-5
Seyboth Wild (Bra) b. Musetti (Ita) 6-4 6-4
Paul (USA) b. Klein (SVK) 6-7 6-1 6-4
Rublev (Rus) b. Bagnis (Arg) 6-1 6-4
Altmaier (Ger) b. Fils (Fra) 6-2 6-3
Davidovich Fokina (Esp) b. Shang (Chn) 7-5 6-3
Shapovalov (Can) b. Etcheverry (Arg) 7-6 6-3
Baez (Arg) b. Van Assche (Fra) 6-4 6-7 6-3
Hurkacz (Pol) b. Draper (GBR) 6-1 7-5
Alcaraz (Esp) b. Shevchenko (Kaz) 6-2 6-1
Fritz (USA) b. Darderi (Ita) 7-6 6-4
Humbert (Fra) b. Van de Zandschulp (Ned) 6-3 6-3
Runes (Den) b. Navone (Arg) 5-7 7-6 6-4
Struff (Ger) b. Munar (Esp) 6-1 7-5
Griekspoor (Ned) b. Daniel (Jpn) 4-6 6-3 6-4
Zverev (Ger) b. Coric (Cro) 6-3 6-2
