Madrid Masters: Qualifier Cerundolo stuns Auger-Aliassime to reach third round

Argentinian qualifier Juan Manuel Cerundolo reached the third round of the Madrid Masters by beating last year’s runner-up Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 18 seed, 7-6 (5), 6-4 at the Caja Mágica.

Cerundolo, ranked No 126, will face Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 9 seed, next.

The Argentinian won against American Aleksandar Kovacevic (3-6, 7-5, 6-2) ahead of his victory.

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

• Joao Fonseca vs. Tommy Paul
• Jack Draper vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Luciano Darderi
• Karen Khachanov vs. Reilly Opelka
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Novak Djokovic
• Alexandre Muller vs. Ugo Humbert
• Marcos Giron vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Jacob Fearnley vs. Tomas Machac
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Kamil Majchrzak
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Cameron Norrie
• Alex De Minaur vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Kei Nishikori vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Sebastian Baez vs. Damir Dzumhur
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Holger Rune
• Gael Monfils vs. Andrey Rublev
• Nuno Borges vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Ben Shelton vs. Mariano Navone
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Sebastian Ofner
• Taylor Fritz vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Alexander Zverev vs. Roberto Bautista Agut: friday
• Ethan Quinn vs. Jakub Mensik: friday
• Sebastian Korda vs. Federico Cina: friday
• Alexander Bublik beat Alexei Popyrin (25): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• 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 beat Arthur Fils (13): 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Francisco Cerundolo (20) beat Harold Mayot (Q): 6-3, 6-4