Madrid Masters: Ruud too good for Fritz, moves into last eight
Casper Ruud beat Taylor Fritz 7-5, 6-4 on Tuesday evening and will face Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 9 seed, in the next round
Casper Ruud, Madrid Open, 2025 © Zuma/Psnewz
Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 14 seed, moved into the last eight of the Madrid Masters by winning against American Taylor Fritz, the No 3 seed, 7-5, 6-4 at the Caja Mágica.
Ruud, ranked No 15, will face Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 9 seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the Norwegian beat Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech (6-3, 6-4) and American Sebastian Korda, the No 23 seed (6-3, 6-3).
Fritz, ranked No 4, won against Australian Christopher O’Connell (6-1, 6-4) and Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi (4-6, 7-5 ret.) in the previous rounds of the Madrid tournament.
Madrid Masters 1000, other last-16 results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 8.055.385, most recent results first):
- Alex De Minaur vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Gabriel Diallo
- Jack Draper vs. Tommy Paul
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Daniil Medvedev beat Brandon Nakashima (31): 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Francisco Cerundolo (20) beat Alexander Zverev (1): 7-5, 6-3
- Jakub Mensik (22) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-3, 6-2
