Mutua Madrid Open—Madrid, Spain
World No. 121 Aslan Karatsev upset No. 2 seed Daniil Medvedev on the Mutua Madrid Open in Spain on Tuesday. Recording a 7-6(1), 6-4 victory, Karatsev used his potent serve and robust backhand to offset his countryman.
Beforehand reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open, Karatsev will subsequent face both No. 8 seed Taylor Fritz or Zhizhen Zhang.
Prime seed and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz had a better time on courtroom, breezing into the quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Alexander Zverev.
Elsewhere, No. 10 seed Karen Khachanov defeated No. 5 seed Andrey Rublev 7-6(8), 6-4 and Daniel Altmaier ousted Jaume Munar 6-3, 6-0.
Wednesday’s schedule of play on the Magic Field will function Iga Swiatek, Jessica Pegula and Carlos Alcaraz.
Fourth-round outcomes:
(1) Carlos Alcaraz Defeats (13) Alexander Zverev 61 62
Aslan Karatsev Defeats (2) Daniil Medvedev 76(1) 64
(10) Karen Khachanov Defeats (5) Andrey Rublev 76(8) 64
Daniel Altmaier Defeats Jaume Munar 63 60
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