Madrid Masters: Ruud eases past Korda to make last 16

Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 14 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Madrid Masters by winning against American Sebastian Korda, the No 23 seed, 6-3, 6-3 at the Caja Mágica.

Ruud, ranked No 15, will play American Taylor Fritz, the No 3 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the Norwegian defeated Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech (6-3, 6-4).

Korda, ranked No 24, won against Italian wildcard Federico Cina (6-3, 3-6, 6-1) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.

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

• Alex De Minaur vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Jack Draper vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Karen Khachanov vs. Tommy Paul
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Alexandre Muller
• Cameron Norrie vs. Gabriel Diallo
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jacob Fearnley
• Damir Dzumhur vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Francisco Cerundolo (20) beat Francisco Comesana: 6-4, 6-4
• Jakub Mensik (22) beat Ben Shelton (12): 6-1, 6-4
• Taylor Fritz beat Benjamin Bonzi: 4-6, 7-5 ret.
• Daniil Medvedev (9) beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Alexander Zverev (1) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (28): 2-6, 7-6 (3), 7-6
• Brandon Nakashima (31) beat Flavio Cobolli: 7-5, 6-3
• Alexander Bublik beat Andrey Rublev (7): 6-4, 0-6, 6-4