Alert: Rafael Nadal tops De Minaur in Madrid, advances to third round
Rafael Nadal defeated Alex De Minaur 7-6 (6), 6-3 on Saturday afternoon and will face Argentinian Pedro Cachin in the next round
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Spaniard Rafael Nadal advanced to the third round of the Madrid Masters by winning against Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 10 seed, 7-6 (6), 6-3 at the Caja Magica on Saturday afternoon.
Nadal, who scored his first Top 20 win since the 2022 ATP finals, avenged a straight-set loss to the De Minaur last week in Barcelona. The five-time Madrid champion will play Argentinian Pedro Cachin in the third round.
The 37-year-old Spaniard defeated American wildcard Darwin Blanch (6-1, 6-0) ahead of his victory.
Madrid Masters 1000, other second-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.877.020, most recent results first):
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Casper Ruud
- Cameron Norrie vs. Joao Fonseca
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Karen Khachanov
- Tomas Machac vs. Ben Shelton
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Adrian Mannarino
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jakub Mensik
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Alexander Bublik vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Matteo Arnaldi: saturday
- Pavel Kotov vs. Jordan Thompson: saturday
- Pedro Cachin beat Frances Tiafoe (20): 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-0, 6-3
- Jiri Lehecka (30) beat Hamad Medjedovic (Q): 7-5, 6-4
- Sebastian Korda (25) beat Max Purcell: 6-3, 6-3
- Thiago Monteiro (Q) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (6): 6-4, 6-4
- Alexander Zverev (4) beat Borna Coric: 6-3, 6-2
- Tallon Griekspoor (24) beat Taro Daniel: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Jan-Lennard Struff (23) beat Jaume Munar: 6-1, 7-5
- Holger Rune (11) beat Mariano Navone: 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Ugo Humbert (13) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-3, 6-3
- Taylor Fritz (12) beat Luciano Darderi: 7-6 (1), 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-2, 6-1
- Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Jack Draper: 6-1, 7-5
- Sebastian Baez (18) beat Luca Van Assche: 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3
- Denis Shapovalov beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (26): 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (27) beat Juncheng Shang (WC): 7-5, 6-3
- Daniel Altmaier beat Arthur Fils (31): 6-2, 6-3
- Andrey Rublev (7) beat Facundo Bagnis (Q): 6-1, 6-4
- Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Lorenzo Musetti (28): 6-4, 6-4
- Francisco Cerundolo (21) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-2, 7-6 (5)
- Tommy Paul (15) beat Lukas Klein (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4
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