Madrid Masters: Karatsev gets first Top 20 win in two years v de Minaur, sets up Medvedev clash in last 16
Aslan Karatsev edged out Alex De Minaur 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 on Monday and will face second seed Daniil Medvedev in the next round
Aslan Karatsev, Aktion, Tennis / BMW Open by American Express 2023 / Muenchen / 19.04.2023 / *** Aslan Karatsev, Action, Tennis BMW Open by American Express 2023 Munich 19 04 2023 (Imago/Panoramic)
Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev moved into the last 16 of the Madrid Masters by edging out Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 16 seed, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 at the Caja Magica on Monday.
Karatsev, ranked No 121, will face second seed Daniil Medvedev next.
Earlier in the tournament, the Russian won against Serb Laslo Djere (7-6 (5), 7-5) and Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, the No 23 seed (6-2, 7-5).
De Minaur, ranked No 19, beat Italian qualifier Marco Cecchinato (6-4, 7-6 (5)) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.
Madrid Masters, other third-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):
- Sebastian Baez vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Cameron Norrie
- Taylor Fritz vs. Cristian Garin
- Roman Safiullin vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
- Pedro Cachin vs. Frances Tiafoe: monday
- Jan-Lennard Struff (LL) beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-3
- Daniil Medvedev beat Alexander Shevchenko (Q): 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29) beat Holger Rune (6): 7-6 (1), 5-7, 7-6 (5)
- 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 (17) 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
