Madrid Masters: Arnaldi shocks Ruud, through to third round
Matteo Arnaldi won against Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-4 on Friday and will play Spaniard Jaume Munar in the next round
Matteo Arnaldi in Madrid (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Italian qualifier Matteo Arnaldi advanced to the third round of the Madrid Masters by beating Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 3 seed, 6-3, 6-4 at the Caja Magica on Friday.
Arnaldi, ranked No 105, will play Spaniard Jaume Munar next.
The 22-year-old Italian edged out French qualifier Benoit Paire (6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (6)) 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
- Gregoire Barrere vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Yannick Hanfmann vs. Lorenzo Musetti: friday
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Oscar Otte: friday
- Jaume Munar beat Tallon Griekspoor (30): 7-6 (3) ret.
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Alex Molcan: friday
