Madrid Masters: Lucky loser Altmaier through to last 16, Munar next

Lucky loser Daniel Altmaier moved into the last 16 of the Madrid Masters by beating qualifier Yannick Hanfmann 7-6 (3), 6-3 at the Caja Magica on Sunday evening.

Altmaier, ranked No 92, will play Spaniard Jaume Munar next.

Daniel Altmaier won against Oscar Otte (6-4, 7-5) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.

Hanfmann, ranked No 108, won against Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas (6-4, 3-6, 6-3) and Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 15 seed (6-4, 7-6 (3)).

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

• Sebastian Baez vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Cameron Norrie
• Taylor Fritz vs. Cristian Garin
• Roman Safiullin vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
• Alex De Minaur vs. Aslan Karatsev
• Pedro Cachin vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Holger Rune: sunday
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Grigor Dimitrov (26): 6-2, 7-5
• Borna Coric (17) beat Hubert Hurkacz (12): 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Alexander Zverev (13) beat Hugo Grenier (Q): 6-1, 6-0
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Yoshihito Nishioka (28): 6-2, 7-5
• Jaume Munar beat Matteo Arnaldi (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Karen Khachanov (10) beat Roberto Bautista Agut (20): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3