Madrid Masters: Fritz downs Hurkacz to reach last eight
Taylor Fritz defeated Hubert Hurkacz 7-6 (2), 6-4 on Tuesday and will play the winner of the match between Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 21 seed, and German Alexander Zverev, the No 4 seed, in the next round
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American Taylor Fritz, the No 12 seed, advanced to the last 8 of the Madrid Masters by winning against Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 8 seed, 7-6 (2), 6-4 at the Caja Magica on Tuesday.
Fritz, ranked No 13, will play the winner of the match between Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 21 seed, and German Alexander Zverev, the No 4 seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the American defeated Italian Luciano Darderi (7-6 (1), 6-4) and Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 18 seed (6-2, 6-3).
Hurkacz, ranked No 9, won against Jack Draper (6-1, 7-5) and German Daniel Altmaier (6-4, 7-6 (2)) in the previous rounds of the Madrid tournament.
Madrid Masters 1000, other last 16 results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.877.020, most recent results first):
- Rafael Nadal vs. Jiri Lehecka
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Casper Ruud
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Jannik Sinner vs. Karen Khachanov
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Alexander Zverev
- Andrey Rublev (7) beat Tallon Griekspoor (24): 6-2, 6-4
- Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Alexander Bublik (17): 7-6 (3), 6-4
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