Britain’s Cam Norrie has crashed out of the Madrid Masters after a third-round loss to Casper Rudd, but Rafael Nadal survived a scare to win an epic three-hour set against Pedro Cachin.
Norway’s Rudd cruised to a 6-2 opening set success in just 31 minutes, breaking Norrie three times as the Brit struggled to deal with the power he faced.
The second set proved to be more as Norrie achieved a break of first serve, only for Rudd to quickly respond and then break Norrie for a second time, reversing the momentum for an impressive 6-2 6-4 win in the Spanish capital.
In front of an adoring home support, Nadal defeated Argentina’s Cachin 6-1 6-7 6-3, recovering from a second-set tiebreak loss to win a decisive third set.
Rudd will face Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime in the last 16, while Nadal will face Czech Republic’s Jiri Lehka.
“I had good moments, some bad moments. I somehow found a way to deal with it,” Nadal said afterwards.
“In the third set, even with some mistakes, I was able to react unexpectedly and that changed the match. I’m enjoying the game, let’s see how I wake up tomorrow.
“Playing at home means everything to me. Tomorrow is another day to dream and play in front of this amazing crowd, which means everything to me.”
Top-seeded Janic Sinner Not at his best but had enough to beat Pavel Kotov 6-2, 7-5. Sinner, who has been dealing with a hip problem, will face 16th seed Karen Khachanov.
“I’ve been struggling a little bit with my right hip,” Sinner said. “We’re trying to find a solution and I don’t think it’s anything serious. Sometimes I feel more like today and some days are a little better.”
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Pavel Kotov tried a cheeky underarm serve against Janic Sinner in their clash at the Madrid Open, to no avail.
World No. 4 Daniel Medvedev Dropped the first set against American Sebastian Korda but won 5-7 7-6 (4) 6-3.
He faces Alexander Bublik The Kazakhstani defeated American Ben Shelton in three sets in the last 16.
past, Iga Sviatek Sarah Soribes stayed on track for a maiden Madrid Open title with a 6-1 6-0 win over Tormo.
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Highlights of Sara Soribes Tormo vs Iga Sviatek at the Madrid Open
Top seed Sviatek won the last 12 games of the match and dropped just five points in the second set to advance to the quarter-finals of the only major European clay tournament the Pole has yet to win.
Sviatek, who lost to Aryana Sabalenka in last year’s Madrid final, will next face the 11th seed. Beatriz Haddad MaiaShe beat fifth seed Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-4.
Ranked eighth Ones Jaber 6-0 6-4 victory over Jelena Ostapenko.
Coco Gough, In the bid to become world No. 2, the fellow American lost out Madison Keys 6-7 (4) 6-4 4-6.
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