Madrid Masters: Rune saves match point in thriller with Bublik, moves into third round

Dane Holger Rune, the No 6 seed, edged out Kazakh Alexander Bublik 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (9) to advance to the third round of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Friday.

Rune saved four match points in the Munich final against Botic van de Zandschulp – and he was pushed to the brink against Bublik.

Rune, ranked No 7, will face No 29 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina next.

In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Bublik, ranked No 55, edged out Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan (7-6 (15), 6-7 (4), 6-4).

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

• Dominic Thiem vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Cameron Norrie
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Pedro Cachin
• Cristian Garin vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Taylor Fritz vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Sebastian Baez vs. Marcos Giron
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Daniel Evans
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Alex De Minaur vs. Marco Cecchinato
• Tommy Paul vs. Roman Safiullin
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Andrea Vavassori vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Ben Shelton
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Alexander Zverev: friday
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-3, 6-4
• Hubert Hurkacz (12) beat Richard Gasquet: 6-7 (9), 6-4, 7-5
• Hugo Grenier (Q) beat Sebastian Korda (22): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7)
• Borna Coric (17) beat Hugo Gaston (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Roberto Bautista Agut (20) beat Quentin Halys: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Karen Khachanov (10) beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov (26) beat Gregoire Barrere: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (2)
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Stan Wawrinka: 7-5, 6-4
• 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 (28) beat Alex Molcan: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4