Madrid Masters: Rune eliminated by Davidovich Fokina after a 3h04 thriller
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina edged out Holger Rune 7-6 (1), 5-7, 7-6 (5) on Sunday evening and will play Croat Borna Coric, the No 17 seed, in the next round
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Madrid 2023 | © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 29 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Madrid Masters by edging out Dane Holger Rune, the No 6 seed, 7-6 (1), 5-7, 7-6 (5) at the Caja Magica on Sunday evening.
The match lasted 3 hours and 5 minutes, and it ended after 1:00 in the morning.
Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 35, will face Croat Borna Coric, the No 17 seed, next.
The Spaniard defeated Albert Ramos-Vinolas (6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.
Rune, ranked No 7, edged out Kazakh Alexander Bublik (6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (9)).
Madrid Masters, other third-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):
- Sebastian Baez vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas : Monday in Madrid
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Cameron Norrie: Monday in Madrid
- Taylor Fritz vs. Cristian Garin: Monday in Madrid
- Roman Safiullin vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles: Monday in Madrid
- Alex De Minaur vs. Aslan Karatsev: Monday in Madrid
- Pedro Cachin vs. Frances Tiafoe: Monday in Madrid
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Jan-Lennard Struff: Monday in Madrid
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Daniil Medvedev: Monday in Madrid
- Daniel Altmaier (LL) beat Yannick Hanfmann (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Grigor Dimitrov (26): 6-2, 7-5
- Borna Coric 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
