Mutua Madrid Open—Madrid, Spain
Friday’s action at the Mutua Madrid Open saw top seed Carlos Alcaraz advance to the third round after he ousted Emil Ruusuvuori, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Overcoming a slow start to his title defence, Alcaraz will next face Grigor Dimitrov, who defeated Gregoire Barrere 7-6(6), 7-6(2).
No. 3 seed and two-time Major finalist Casper Ruud wasn’t as lucky, losing to Matteo Arnaldi 6-3, 6-4.
Elsewhere, No. 5 seed Andrey Rublev, No. 10 seed Karen Khachanov and No. 17 seed Borna Coric all advanced to the third round.
Saturday’s schedule at the Magic box will be highlighted by Paula Badosa, Daniil Medvedev, Maria Sakkari and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Second-round results:
(1) Carlos Alcaraz Defeats Emil Ruusuvuori 26 64 62
Matteo Arnaldi Defeats (3) Casper Ruud 63 64
(5) Andrey Rublev Defeats Stan Wawrinka 75 64
(10) Karen Khachanov Defeats Thiago Monteiro 63 36 63
Yannick Hanfmann Defeats (15) Lorenzo Musetti 64 76(3)
(17) Borna Coric Defeats Hugo Gaston 63 63
(20) Roberto Bautista Agut Defeats Quentin Halys 46 765 63
(26) Grigor Dimitrov Defeats Gregoire Barrere 76(6) 76(2)
(28) Yoshihito Nishioka Defeats Alex Molcan 57 64 64
Jaume Munar Defeats (30) Tallon Griekspoor 76(3) (RET)
Daniel Altmaier Defeats Oscar Otte 64 75
