Madrid Masters: Fritz makes third round
Taylor Fritz defeated Luciano Darderi 7-6 (1), 6-4 on Friday evening and will face Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 18 seed, in the next round
Taylor Fritz, Madrid Open 2024 © Imago / Panoramic
American Taylor Fritz, the No 12 seed, advanced to the third round of the Madrid Masters by winning against Italian Luciano Darderi 7-6 (1), 6-4 at the Caja Magica on Friday evening.
Fritz, ranked No 13, will face Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 18 seed, next. The American improved to 16-7 on the season and 4-3 lifetime at Madrid, where he reached the fourth round in 2023 as a best performance to date.
Fritz made the fast-playing conditions in Madrid work for him as he fired nine aces and won 33 of 38 of his first-serve points in the pair’s first head-to-head meeting.
In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Darderi, ranked No 60, beat Frenchman Gael Monfils (6-4, 6-2).
Madrid Masters 1000, other second-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.877.020, most recent results first):
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Casper Ruud
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Karen Khachanov
- Cameron Norrie vs. Joao Fonseca
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Adrian Mannarino
- Alex De Minaur vs. Rafael Nadal
- Tomas Machac vs. Ben Shelton
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jakub Mensik
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Alexander Bublik vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Pedro Cachin vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Pavel Kotov vs. Jordan Thompson
- Jannik Sinner vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Thiago Monteiro vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Max Purcell vs. Sebastian Korda
- Borna Coric vs. Alexander Zverev
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Taro Daniel
- Jaume Munar vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Mariano Navone vs. Holger Rune
- Ugo Humbert vs. Botic van de Zandschulp: friday
- Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-2, 6-1
- Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Jack Draper: 6-1, 7-5
- Sebastian Baez beat Luca Van Assche: 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3
- Denis Shapovalov beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (26): 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (27) beat Juncheng Shang (WC): 7-5, 6-3
- Daniel Altmaier beat Arthur Fils (31): 6-2, 6-3
- Andrey Rublev (7) beat Facundo Bagnis (Q): 6-1, 6-4
- Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Lorenzo Musetti (28): 6-4, 6-4
- Francisco Cerundolo (21) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-2, 7-6 (5)
- Tommy Paul (15) beat Lukas Klein (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4
