Madrid Masters: Shapovalov earns hard-fought win over Diaz Acosta to make second round
Denis Shapovalov defeated Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on Wednesday evening. He’ll play No 26 seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the next round
Denis Shapovalov in Barcelona (Action Plus/Panoramic)
Canadian Denis Shapovalov moved into the second round of the Madrid Masters by winning against Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 at the Caja Magica.
Shapovalov, ranked No 132, will face No 26 seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry next.
Madrid Masters 1000, other first-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.877.020, most recent results first):
- Dominik Koepfer vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Darwin Blanch vs. Rafael Nadal
- Alex Michelsen vs. Joao Fonseca
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Pavel Kotov
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Yannick Hanfmann vs. Jakub Mensik
- Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Thiago Monteiro
- Max Purcell vs. Marcos Giron
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Richard Gasquet vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Pedro Cachin vs. Sebastian Ofner
- Tomas Machac vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Alejandro Tabilo vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Corentin Moutet vs. Juncheng Shang: wednesday
- Lukas Klein (Q) beat Pablo Llamas Ruiz (Q): 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (4)
- Botic van de Zandschulp beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-3, 6-3
- Facundo Bagnis (Q) beat Brandon Nakashima (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Borna Coric beat Benjamin Hassan (Q): 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-3
- Jack Draper beat Thanasi Kokkinakis (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
- Fabian Marozsan beat Aslan Karatsev: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (2)
- Luciano Darderi beat Gael Monfils: 6-4, 6-2
- Luca Van Assche beat Zizou Bergs (WC): 6-4, 6-7, 6-1
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
- Daniel Altmaier beat Martin Landaluce (WC): 6-1, 7-5
- Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Roman Safiullin: 6-4, 6-4
- Jaume Munar beat Nuno Borges: 7-5, 6-4
- Mariano Navone beat Alexei Popyrin: 7-5, 6-2
- Taro Daniel beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-1
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