Madrid Masters: Arnaldi advances to quarter-finals

Italian Matteo Arnaldi beat American Frances Tiafoe, the No 16 seed, 6-3, 7-5 to reach the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Mágica on Wednesday afternoon.

Arnaldi, ranked No 44, will play the winner of the match between No 5 seed Jack Draper and American Tommy Paul, the No 11 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the Italian won against Croat qualifier Borna Coric (4-6, 6-4, 7-5), Serb Novak Djokovic, the No 4 seed (6-3, 6-4) and Bosnian Damir Dzumhur (6-3, 6-4).

Tiafoe, ranked No 17, benefited from the abandonment of Italian Luciano Darderi (7-5, 3-1) and defeated Frenchman Alexandre Muller (6-3, 6-3) in the previous rounds of the Madrid tournament.

Madrid Masters 1000, other last 16 results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 8.055.385, most recent results first):

• Alex De Minaur vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Gabriel Diallo
• Jack Draper vs. Tommy Paul
• Casper Ruud (14) beat Taylor Fritz (3): 7-5, 6-4
• Daniil Medvedev (9) beat Brandon Nakashima (31): 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Francisco Cerundolo (20) beat Alexander Zverev (1): 7-5, 6-3
• Jakub Mensik (22) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-3, 6-2