Alert – Madrid Masters: Cerundolo reaches last four
Francisco Cerundolo beat Jakub Mensik 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 on Thursday afternoon and will face Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 14 seed, in the next round
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Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 20 seed, moved into the last 4 of the Madrid Masters by winning against No 22 seed Jakub Mensik 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 at the Caja Mágica on Thursday.
Cerundolo, ranked No 21, will play Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 14 seed, next.
The Argentinian defeated French qualifier Harold Mayot (6-3, 6-4), Francisco Comesana (6-4, 6-4) and German Alexander Zverev, the top seed (7-5, 6-3) earlier in the tournament.
In the previous rounds of the Madrid tournament, Mensik, ranked No 23, won against American qualifier Ethan Quinn (7-6 (4), 6-1), American Ben Shelton, the No 12 seed (6-1, 6-4) and Kazakh Alexander Bublik (6-3, 6-2).
Madrid Masters 1000, other quarter-finals results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 8.055.385, most recent results first):
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Gabriel Diallo
- Jack Draper vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Casper Ruud beat Daniil Medvedev (9): 6-3, 7-5
