Madrid Masters: Musetti advances to last eight with straight-sets win over De Minaur
Lorenzo Musetti won against Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday and will play Canadian lucky loser Gabriel Diallo in the next round
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Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 10 seed, won against Australian Alex de Minaur, the No 6 seed, 6-4, 6-2 to move into the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Mágica on Wednesday night.
Musetti, ranked No 11, will play Canadian lucky loser Gabriel Diallo next.
In the previous rounds of the Madrid tournament, the Italian defeated Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry (7-6 (3), 6-2) and Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 17 seed (7-5, 7-6 (3)).
De Minaur, ranked No 7, won against Italian Lorenzo Sonego (6-2, 6-3) and Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 29 seed (6-3, 7-6 (3)) earlier in the tournament.
Madrid Masters 1000, other last 16 results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 8.055.385, most recent results first):
- Gabriel Diallo beat Grigor Dimitrov (15): 5-7, 7-6 (7), 6-4
- Jack Draper (5) beat Tommy Paul (11): 6-2, 6-2
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Frances Tiafoe (16): 6-3, 7-5
- 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
