Madrid Masters: Munar moves into third round, may face Ruud next
Jaume Munar benefited from the abandonment of Tallon Griekspoor (7-6 (3)) on Friday. He’ll face the winner of the match between Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 3 seed, and Italian qualifier Matteo Arnaldi in the next round
Jaume Munar AI/Reuters/Panoramic
Spaniard Jaume Munar reached the third round of the Madrid Masters when Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the No 30 seed, retired at the Caja Magica on Friday.
Munar, ranked No 88, led 7-6 (3) when Griekspoor, ranked No 36, pulled out of their match.
The Spaniard will play the winner of the match between Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 3 seed, and Italian qualifier Matteo Arnaldi next.
Jaume Munar defeated Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis (7-6 (7), 7-6 (3)) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.
Madrid Masters, other second-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):
- Andrea Vavassori vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Alex De Minaur vs. Marco Cecchinato
- Yosuke Watanuki vs. Cameron Norrie
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Cristian Garin vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Taylor Fritz vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Dominic Thiem vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Sebastian Baez vs. Marcos Giron
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Daniel Evans
- Tommy Paul vs. Roman Safiullin
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Pedro Cachin
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Ben Shelton
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Alexander Zverev
- Alexander Bublik vs. Holger Rune
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
- Sebastian Korda vs. Hugo Grenier
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
- Hugo Gaston vs. Borna Coric
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Richard Gasquet
- Quentin Halys vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Karen Khachanov vs. Thiago Monteiro
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Andrey Rublev
- Yannick Hanfmann vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Gregoire Barrere vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Oscar Otte: friday
- Casper Ruud vs. Matteo Arnaldi: friday
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Alex Molcan: friday
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