Madrid Masters: De Minaur through to third round to face Shapovalov

Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 6 seed, advanced to the third round of the Madrid Masters by winning against Italian Lorenzo Sonego 6-2, 6-3 at the Caja Mágica on Saturday.

De Minaur, ranked No 7, will face Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 29 seed, next.

Sonego, ranked No 43, defeated Serb Miomir Kecmanovic (6-4, 7-6 (5)) in the previous round of the tournament.

Madrid Masters 1000, other second-round matches (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 8,055,385):

• Cameron Norrie beat Jiri Lehecka (26): 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
• Damir Dzumhur beat Sebastian Baez (32): 1-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Lorenzo Musetti (10) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Denis Shapovalov beat Kei Nishikori: 6-1, 6-4
• Flavio Cobolli beat Holger Rune (8): 6-2 ret.
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (28) beat Nuno Borges: 6-2, 6-3
• Gael Monfils vs. Andrey Rublev
• Ben Shelton (12) beat Mariano Navone: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Brandon Nakashima (31) beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Taylor Fritz (3) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-1, 6-4
• Alexander Zverev (1) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-2, 6-2
• Jakub Mensik (22) beat Ethan Quinn (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Sebastian Korda (23) beat Federico Cina (WC): 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
• Alexander Bublik beat Alexei Popyrin (25): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (18): 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Laslo Djere
• Casper Ruud (14) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-3, 6-4
• Benjamin Bonzi beat Hubert Hurkacz (27): 6-4, 7-5
• Francisco Comesana beat Arthur Fils (13): 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Francisco Cerundolo (20) beat Harold Mayot (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Joao Fonseca vs. Tommy Paul
• Jack Draper vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Luciano Darderi
• Karen Khachanov vs. Reilly Opelka
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Novak Djokovic
• Alexandre Muller vs. Ugo Humbert
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Marcos Giron vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Jacob Fearnley vs. Tomas Machac
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Kamil Majchrzak

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