The Argentine tennis player Francisco closing it (20 °) gave the surprise of the day and eliminated the number 2 in the world, Alexander Zverevto classify the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000 of Madrid.
Cerúando played at a very high level to take the victory 7-5 and 6-3 after an hour and 29 minutes of play against the top favorite of the tournament.
The main key to the Argentine was aggressiveness, since he did not let him take the initiative at any time to his rival. Proof of this was the amount of winning shots, item in which he tripled him to his rival (18 to 6).
This triumph, in addition, further remarked the domain of closing it over Zverev, who wins 3-0 in history. The previous clashes had been in the round of 16 of Madrid 2024 (6-3 and 6-4) and in the quarterfinals of Argentina Open 2025 (3-6, 6-3 and 6-2).
His rival in the quarterfinals will be the Czech Jakub Mensik (22 °), which a little less than a month ago won the Miami 1000 Masters.
The Czech, who with only 19 years already has a 1000 Masters in his showcase, won 6-3 and 6-2 before the unpredictable Kazakh Aleksandr Bublik.
On Tuesday, six other games corresponding to the third round were also played, where Jack Draper’s triumphs (5th), Alex de Miñaur (6th), Lorenzo Musetti (10 °), Tommy Paul (11th), Frances Tiafoe (16 °) and Gabriel Diallo.
On the other hand, the Russian Daniil Medvedev exceeded a complicated confrontation in the round of 16 of Mutua Madrid Open by beating Brandon Nakashima in three sets 3-6, 6-1 and 6-4, showing resilience after an unfavorable start.
The Russian adjusted his strategy and refined his game to advance again to the quarterfinals of the tournament, highlighting his ability to recover and maintain the advantage against a demanding rival.
Finally, the Norwegian Casper Ruud beat the American Taylor Fritz 7-5 and 6-4.
Source: Ambito
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