Two-time Madrid champ Zverev advances to third round
Alexander Zverev won against Borna Coric 6-3, 6-2 on Friday evening and will play Canadian Denis Shapovalov in the next round
Zverev Norbert Scanella / Panoramic
German Alexander Zverev, the No 4 seed, reached the third round of the Madrid Masters by winning against Croat Borna Coric 6-3, 6-2 at the Caja Magica on Friday evening.
The two-time champion (2018 and 2021) improved to 22-4 lifetime at Madrid with the win.
Zverev, ranked No 5, will face Canadian Denis Shapovalov next.
Coric, ranked No 34, defeated German qualifier Benjamin Hassan (6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-3) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.
Madrid Masters 1000, other second-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.877.020, most recent results first):
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Casper Ruud
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Karen Khachanov
- Cameron Norrie vs. Joao Fonseca
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Adrian Mannarino
- Alex De Minaur vs. Rafael Nadal
- Tomas Machac vs. Ben Shelton
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jakub Mensik
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Alexander Bublik vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Pedro Cachin vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Pavel Kotov vs. Jordan Thompson
- Jannik Sinner vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Thiago Monteiro vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Max Purcell vs. Sebastian Korda
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Taro Daniel: friday
- Jan-Lennard Struff (23) beat Jaume Munar: 6-1, 7-5
- Mariano Navone vs. Holger Rune: friday
- 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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