Madrid Masters: Rublev gets past Wawrinka to make third round

Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 5 seed, defeated Swiss Stan Wawrinka 7-5, 6-4 to advance to the third round of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Friday.

Rublev, ranked No 6, will play Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, the No 28 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Wawrinka, ranked No 84, edged out American Maxime Cressy (6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-6 (4)).

Madrid Masters, other second-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):

• Andrea Vavassori vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Alex De Minaur vs. Marco Cecchinato
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Cameron Norrie
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Cristian Garin vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Taylor Fritz vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Dominic Thiem vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Sebastian Baez vs. Marcos Giron
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Daniel Evans
• Tommy Paul vs. Roman Safiullin
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Pedro Cachin
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Ben Shelton
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Alexander Zverev
• Alexander Bublik vs. Holger Rune
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
• Sebastian Korda vs. Hugo Grenier
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Hugo Gaston vs. Borna Coric
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Richard Gasquet
• Quentin Halys vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Karen Khachanov vs. Thiago Monteiro
• Gregoire Barrere vs. Grigor Dimitrov: friday
• Yannick Hanfmann (Q) beat Lorenzo Musetti (15): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Daniel Altmaier (LL) beat Oscar Otte: 6-4, 7-5
• Jaume Munar beat Tallon Griekspoor (30): 7-6 (3) ret.
• Matteo Arnaldi (Q) beat Casper Ruud (3): 6-3, 6-4
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Alex Molcan: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4