Madrid Masters: Nakashima downs Cobolli to make last 16

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