Madrid Masters: Nakashima downs Cobolli to make last 16
Brandon Nakashima beat Flavio Cobolli 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday and will face the winner of the match between Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 9 seed, and Argentinian qualifier Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the next round
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American Brandon Nakashima, the No 31 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Madrid Masters by beating Italian Flavio Cobolli 7-5, 6-3 at the Caja Mágica on Sunday.
Nakashima, ranked No 32, will play the winner of the match between Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 9 seed, and Argentinian qualifier Juan Manuel Cerundolo next.
Ahead of his victory, the American won against Austrian Sebastian Ofner (6-3, 7-6 (3)).
Cobolli, ranked No 36, won against Hungarian Fabian Marozsan (7-6 (4), 7-5) and Dane Holger Rune, the No 8 seed (6-2 ret.) in the previous rounds of the Madrid tournament.
Madrid Masters 1000, other third-round results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 8.055.385, most recent results first):
- Cameron Norrie vs. Gabriel Diallo
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jacob Fearnley
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Alex De Minaur vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Damir Dzumhur vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Alexandre Muller
- Karen Khachanov vs. Tommy Paul
- Jack Draper vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Sebastian Korda vs. Casper Ruud
- Ben Shelton vs. Jakub Mensik
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Francisco Comesana
- Taylor Fritz vs. Benjamin Bonzi
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo
- Alexander Zverev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Alexander Bublik beat Andrey Rublev (7): 6-4, 0-6, 6-4
