Madrid Masters: Korda makes third round
Sebastian Korda beat Max Purcell 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday and will play the winner of the match between Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed, and Italian Matteo Arnaldi in the next round
Sebastian Korda in Monte-Carlo in 2024 (Chryslene Caillaud/Panoramic)
American Sebastian Korda, the No 25 seed, beat Australian Max Purcell 6-3, 6-3 to reach the third round of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Saturday.
Korda, ranked No 26, will play the winner of the match between Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed, and Italian Matteo Arnaldi next.
In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Purcell, ranked No 80, edged out American Marcos Giron (4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2)).
Madrid Masters 1000, other second-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.877.020, most recent results first):
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Casper Ruud
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Karen Khachanov
- Cameron Norrie vs. Joao Fonseca
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Adrian Mannarino
- Alex De Minaur vs. Rafael Nadal
- Tomas Machac vs. Ben Shelton
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jakub Mensik
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Alexander Bublik vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Pedro Cachin vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Pavel Kotov vs. Jordan Thompson
- Jannik Sinner vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Hamad Medjedovic: saturday
- Thiago Monteiro vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas: saturday
- Alexander Zverev (4) beat Borna Coric: 6-3, 6-2
- Tallon Griekspoor (24) beat Taro Daniel: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Jan-Lennard Struff (23) beat Jaume Munar: 6-1, 7-5
- Holger Rune (11) beat Mariano Navone: 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Ugo Humbert (13) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-3, 6-3
- Taylor Fritz (12) beat Luciano Darderi: 7-6 (1), 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-2, 6-1
- Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Jack Draper: 6-1, 7-5
- Sebastian Baez (18) beat Luca Van Assche: 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3
- Denis Shapovalov beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (26): 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (27) beat Juncheng Shang (WC): 7-5, 6-3
- Daniel Altmaier beat Arthur Fils (31): 6-2, 6-3
- Andrey Rublev (7) beat Facundo Bagnis (Q): 6-1, 6-4
- Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Lorenzo Musetti (28): 6-4, 6-4
- Francisco Cerundolo (21) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-2, 7-6 (5)
- Tommy Paul (15) beat Lukas Klein (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4
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