Lucky loser Altmaier reaches first Masters 1000 quarter-final in Madrid
Daniel Altmaier won against Jaume Munar 6-3, 6-0 on Tuesday and will play the winner of the match between Croat Borna Coric, the No 17 seed, and Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 29 seed, in the next round
Daniel Altmaier at the BMW Open, Image Credit: Imago / Panoramic
German lucky loser Daniel Altmaier reached his first ever Masters 1000 quarter-final as he beat Spaniard Jaume Munar 6-3, 6-0 at the Caja Magica on Tuesday.
Altmaier, ranked No 92, will face the winner of the match between Croat Borna Coric, the No 17 seed, and Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 29 seed, next.
The German won against Oscar Otte (6-4, 7-5) and qualifier Yannick Hanfmann (7-6 (3), 6-3) ahead of his victory.
Earlier in the tournament, Munar, ranked No 88, defeated Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis (7-6 (7), 7-6 (3)), Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the No 30 seed (7-6 (3) ret.) and Italian qualifier Matteo Arnaldi (3-6, 6-3, 6-1).
Madrid Masters, other last 16 results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Pedro Cachin
- Taylor Fritz vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Alexander Zverev
- Borna Coric vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Daniil Medvedev: tuesday
- Karen Khachanov (10) beat Andrey Rublev (5): 7-6 (8), 6-4
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