Madrid Masters: Medvedev into third round as Djere pulls out

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 9 seed, advanced to the third round of the Madrid Masters after Serb Laslo Djere withdrew before the match at the Caja Mágica on Friday.

Medvedev, ranked No 10, had received a bye in the first round and will play his first match of the tournament against Argentinian qualifier Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 18 seed, next.

Djere, ranked No 71, won against Italian qualifier Fabio Fognini (6-2, 6-3) in the previous round of the tournament.

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

• Gabriel Diallo vs. Kamil Majchrzak
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Cameron Norrie
• Jacob Fearnley vs. Tomas Machac
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Kei Nishikori vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Alex De Minaur vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Novak Djokovic
• Sebastian Baez vs. Damir Dzumhur
• Alexandre Muller vs. Ugo Humbert
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Luciano Darderi
• Joao Fonseca vs. Tommy Paul
• Karen Khachanov vs. Reilly Opelka
• Marcos Giron vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Jack Draper vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Holger Rune
• Gael Monfils vs. Andrey Rublev
• Nuno Borges vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Sebastian Ofner
• Ben Shelton vs. Mariano Navone
• Taylor Fritz vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Ethan Quinn vs. Jakub Mensik
• Alexander Zverev vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Sebastian Korda vs. Federico Cina
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Alexander Bublik
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Casper Ruud: friday
• Benjamin Bonzi vs. Hubert Hurkacz: friday
• Francisco Comesana vs. Arthur Fils: friday
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Harold Mayot: friday

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