Madrid Masters: Tsitsipas overcomes Struff in three sets

Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 17 seed, defeated German Jan-Lennard Struff 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the third round of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Mágica on Saturday.

Tsitsipas, ranked No 18, will face Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 10 seed, next.

Struff, ranked No 79 and a finalist here in 2023, benefited from the retirement of Dutch lucky loser Botic van de Zandschulp (7-5, 2-6, 4-1) in the previous round of the tournament.

Madrid Masters 1000, other second-round matches (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 8,055,385):

• Gabriel Diallo (LL) beat Kamil Majchrzak (LL): 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
• Alex De Minaur (6) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-2, 6-3
• Cameron Norrie beat Jiri Lehecka (26): 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
• Damir Dzumhur beat Sebastian Baez (32): 1-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Lorenzo Musetti beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Denis Shapovalov (29) beat Kei Nishikori: 6-1, 6-4
• Flavio Cobolli beat Holger Rune (8): 6-2 ret.
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (28) beat Nuno Borges: 6-2, 6-3
• Gael Monfils vs. Andrey Rublev
• Ben Shelton (12) beat Mariano Navone: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Brandon Nakashima (31) beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Taylor Fritz (3) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-1, 6-4
• Alexander Zverev (1) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-2, 6-2
• Jakub Mensik (22) beat Ethan Quinn (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Sebastian Korda (23) beat Federico Cina (WC): 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
• Alexander Bublik beat Alexei Popyrin (25): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (18): 7-6 (5), 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
• Joao Fonseca vs. Tommy Paul
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Luciano Darderi
• Jack Draper vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Karen Khachanov vs. Reilly Opelka
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Alexandre Muller vs. Ugo Humbert
• Marcos Giron vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Jacob Fearnley vs. Tomas Machac
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Novak Djokovic

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