Madrid Masters: Munar first man through to last 16

Spaniard Jaume Munar advanced to the last 16 of the Madrid Masters by winning against Italian qualifier Matteo Arnaldi 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 at the Caja Magica on Sunday.

Munar, ranked No 88, will face the winner of the match between lucky loser Daniel Altmaier and qualifier Yannick Hanfmann next.

The Spaniard defeated Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis (7-6 (7), 7-6 (3)) and Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the No 30 seed (7-6 (3) ret.) ahead of his victory.

Earlier in the tournament, Arnaldi, ranked No 105, edged out French qualifier Benoit Paire (6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (6)) and won against Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 3 seed (6-3, 6-4).

Madrid Masters, other third-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):

• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Daniil Medvedev : Monday in Madrid
• Alex De Minaur vs. Aslan Karatsev : Monday in Madrid
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Cameron Norrie : Monday in Madrid
• Taylor Fritz vs. Cristian Garin : Monday in Madrid
• Sebastian Baez vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas : Monday in Madrid
• Roman Safiullin vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles : Monday in Madrid
• Pedro Cachin vs. Frances Tiafoe :Monday in Madrid
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Jan-Lennard Struff : Monday in Madrid
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Holger Rune : Sunday in Madrid
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Grigor Dimitrov : Sunday in Madrid
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Yannick Hanfmann : Sunday in Madrid
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Borna Coric : Sunday in Madrid
• Hugo Grenier vs. Alexander Zverev : Sunday in Madrid
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Andrey Rublev: : Sunday in Madrid
• Karen Khachanov vs. Roberto Bautista Agut: : Sunday in Madrid