Madrid Masters: Cerundolo eases past qualifier Mayot to move into third round

Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 20 seed, advanced to the third round of the Madrid Masters by winning against French qualifier Harold Mayot 6-3, 6-4 at the Caja Mágica.

Cerundolo, ranked No 21, will face the winner of the match between Argentinian Francisco Comesana and Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 13 seed, next.

Mayot, ranked No 160, benefited from the abandonment of Corentin Moutet (6-3, 4-2) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.

Madrid Masters 1000, other second-round results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 8.055.385, most recent results first):

• Gabriel Diallo vs. Kamil Majchrzak
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Cameron Norrie
• Jacob Fearnley vs. Tomas Machac
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Kei Nishikori vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Alex De Minaur vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Novak Djokovic
• Sebastian Baez vs. Damir Dzumhur
• Alexandre Muller vs. Ugo Humbert
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Luciano Darderi
• Joao Fonseca vs. Tommy Paul
• Karen Khachanov vs. Reilly Opelka
• Marcos Giron vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Jack Draper vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Holger Rune
• Gael Monfils vs. Andrey Rublev
• Nuno Borges vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Sebastian Ofner
• Ben Shelton vs. Mariano Navone
• Taylor Fritz vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Ethan Quinn vs. Jakub Mensik
• Alexander Zverev vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Sebastian Korda vs. Federico Cina
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Alexander Bublik
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Laslo Djere
• Casper Ruud (14) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-3, 6-4
• Benjamin Bonzi beat Hubert Hurkacz (27): 6-4, 7-5
• Francisco Comesana vs. Arthur Fils: friday