Madrid Masters: Bautista Agut advances to third round

Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, the No 20 seed, won against Frenchman Quentin Halys 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 to reach the third round of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Friday.

Bautista Agut, ranked No 25, will face Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 10 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Halys, ranked No 66, edged out Australian Alexei Popyrin (4-6, 6-4, 6-4).

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
• Borna Coric (17) beat Hugo Gaston (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Karen Khachanov beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov (26) 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