Madrid Masters: Defending champion Alcaraz moves into third round despite wobble v Ruusuvuori

Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the top seed, won against Finn Emil Ruusuvuori 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the third round of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Friday.

Ruusuvuori had won their previous meeting in the first round at Miami in 2021.

However, back then, the Spaniard was ranked only world No 132, with Ruusuvuori the world No 83.

And since the start of 2022, Alcaraz has been unbeaten in Spanish ATP Tour events.

Alcaraz, the world No 2, will play Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 26 seed, next.

Ruusuvuori, ranked No 41, defeated Frenchman Ugo Humbert (7-6 (6), 7-6 (4)) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.

Madrid Masters, other second-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):

• Dominic Thiem vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Cameron Norrie
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Pedro Cachin
• Cristian Garin vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Taylor Fritz vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Sebastian Baez vs. Marcos Giron
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Daniel Evans
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Alex De Minaur vs. Marco Cecchinato
• Tommy Paul vs. Roman Safiullin
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Andrea Vavassori vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Ben Shelton
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Alexander Zverev
• Alexander Bublik vs. Holger Rune
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Richard Gasquet
• Sebastian Korda vs. Hugo Grenier
• Hugo Gaston vs. Borna Coric: friday
• Quentin Halys vs. Roberto Bautista Agut: friday
• Karen Khachanov (10) beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov beat Gregoire Barrere: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (2)
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Stan Wawrinka: 7-5, 6-4
• Yannick Hanfmann (Q) beat Lorenzo Musetti (15): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Daniel Altmaier (LL) beat Oscar Otte: 6-4, 7-5
• Jaume Munar beat Tallon Griekspoor (30): 7-6 (3) ret.
• Matteo Arnaldi (Q) beat Casper Ruud (3): 6-3, 6-4
• Yoshihito Nishioka (28) beat Alex Molcan: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4