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yMadrid Masters: Lucky loser Altmaier through to last 16, Munar next
Daniel Altmaier defeated Yannick Hanfmann 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Sunday evening. He’ll face Spaniard Jaume Munar in the next round
Daniel Altmaier in Munich (Imago/Panoramic)
Lucky loser Daniel Altmaier moved into the last 16 of the Madrid Masters by beating qualifier Yannick Hanfmann 7-6 (3), 6-3 at the Caja Magica on Sunday evening.
Altmaier, ranked No 92, will play Spaniard Jaume Munar next.
Daniel Altmaier won against Oscar Otte (6-4, 7-5) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.
Hanfmann, ranked No 108, won against Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas (6-4, 3-6, 6-3) and Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 15 seed (6-4, 7-6 (3)).
Madrid Masters, other third-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):
- Sebastian Baez vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Cameron Norrie
- Taylor Fritz vs. Cristian Garin
- Roman Safiullin vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
- Alex De Minaur vs. Aslan Karatsev
- Pedro Cachin vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Holger Rune: sunday
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Grigor Dimitrov (26): 6-2, 7-5
- Borna Coric (17) beat Hubert Hurkacz (12): 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Alexander Zverev (13) beat Hugo Grenier (Q): 6-1, 6-0
- Andrey Rublev (5) beat Yoshihito Nishioka (28): 6-2, 7-5
- Jaume Munar beat Matteo Arnaldi (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Karen Khachanov (10) beat Roberto Bautista Agut (20): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
