Madrid Open 2025 Day 4 Recap

Day four at Madrid Open 202 saw the round at 64 finished with the lower half of the draw in action.

When Alcaraz retreated after the draw was done, this section was wide open, but Novak Djokovic could not take advantage and fell to Matteo Arnaldi in straight sets.

Other seeds to fall included Tomas Machac, Jiri Lehecka, Ugo Humbert and Sebastian Baez who paved the way for qualifying and sub -dogs such as Jacob Fearnley and Damir Dzumhur to steal the limelight.

While Draper, the Minaur, Paul, Tstisipas, Musetti and Dimitrov went on.

Full results and summary below.

Day Three 2025 Madrid Open Open with 64 Results

Arnaldi Downs Djokovic

Matteo Arnaldi also turned the lower half of Madrid Open Draw up and down on Saturday and topped the fourth seed Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4.

When Alcaraz had withdrawn, this section was already wide open, but the no.

As we have seen late, Djokovic was of his game and sprayed 32 unthreated errors, and his behavior on the court doesn’t look like anyone is enjoying tennis right now.

I saw a couple of his clips from the training, and he seemed frustrated by his game. Can he put it only on the Grand Slabs? I’m not sure you can do it but at least some matches under the belt, so maybe he shifts his focus to Wimbledon and uses the French to build some leg strength.

He is my idol, he has always been. I was just glad I could play him. I never played him, just practiced with him. Playing him at a stage like this was already a victory for me. He is not at his best right now, so I came to court to try to play my best tennis and win, and it happened, so right now I don’t even know what to say. I was just trying to gather a little in the beginning and tried to make him [make] Some mistakes. Then when it starts you start to feel better, the excitement goes a bit away. He gave me a little in some games. Sure it helped me that I broke him right away so I was like “okay, it’s a good start” and then it was an escalation. I started playing better and I think it was a pretty good match. Arnaldi on his win.

I hoped I can play another match than I played in Monte-Carlo. [It’s] Type of a new reality for me, I have to say. Trying to win a match or two, not really think about getting far in the tournament … It’s a completely different feeling than I had in 20-year years with professional tennis. It is a challenge for me mentally to really meet such sensations on the court and go out early now regularly in tournaments. Obviously after you have lost a match you do not feel well, but I have had some of these this year where I lose in the first round, unfortunately. I knew it would be a really tough opening match for me in this tournament. Arnaldi is a really good player, a quality player. I didn’t have too many matches on clay. I trained well, but it is completely different when you go out on the match. I think the positive is that I really liked me more than me [did] In Monte-Carlo, so that’s good. But obviously the level of tennis is not where I would like it to be. But it is the circle and career of life, eventually it would happen. Djokovic on his loss.

Fearnley Mute Machac

Jacob Fearnley pulled off the biggest victory in his career on Saturday, fantastic 19th seed Tomas Machac 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the third round of Mutua Madrid Open 2025.

British No. 2, ranked No. 68, fought back from a set and overcame a rolled ankle, which needed painkillers to push through.

Fearnley is a former American college tennis player and became a professional last year. Before April he had never won a match level on Clay, but after getting through the qualification he is now in the third round and sacks victories over Bu and Machac.

I think I played – took nothing away from Thomas – I played some of the worst tennis I’ve played in a while. And then I actually rolled the ankle and was in a decent amount of pain and just loosened a little, honestly. And I think it actually helped, believe it or not – a twisted ankle actually helped my performance today. And then the doctor gave me some painkillers, and yes, I felt that I was serving some of the best I have earned in a long time. Yes, super happy to win the win and yes, look forward to the next. Fearnley on its winnings.

Other matches of notes

Damir Dzumhur Def. Sebastian Baez (32) 1-6, 6-1, 6-2: Dzumhur roared back from a first-set route to upset the 32nd seed and set up a collision with Arnaldi. Baez is usually a tough nut to crack on clay, but Madrid’s conditions probably don’t suit him.

Alex de Minaur (6) Def. Lorenzo Sonego 6-2, 6-3: The Minaur was ruthless once again, sweeping Sonego aside in a clinical screen and recovered from an early break in the first set to dominate.

Denis Shapovalov (29) Def. Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-4: Shapovalov’s power overwhelmed the former finalist.

Stefanos Tsitsipas (17) Def. Jan-Lennard Struff 3-6, 6-4, 6-3: Tsitsipas Battled Back from a set down, leaning on his baseline game to outlast struff in a gritty win, and even forgetting he’d won the match step going to sit down for a change of ends 😆

Cameron Norrie Def. Jiri Lehecka (26) 2-6, 6-4, 6-0: Norrie turned the tables after a slow start, and beat Lehecka in the decision for a statement victory.

Lorenzo Musetti (10) Def. Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7-6 (3), 6-2: Musetti won 71% of first serving points on a 1-hour 47-minute victory.

Grigor Dimitrov (15) Def. Nicolas Jarry 6-3, 6-4: Dimitrov’s 22 winners secured a straight victory, impressive when I saw his practice earlier this week, and he struggled to find the court.

Frances tiafoe (16) Def. Luciano Dardeni 7-5, 3-1 Ret: Tiefoe advanced after Däri retired, which led after 88 minutes. Yet another pension in Madrid; I hope that hospital 12 de Octubre, across the road, has enough beds.

Matteo Berrettini (30) Def. Marcos Giron 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6), 6-1: Berrettini hit 42 winners in a three-set battle, which came within two points after losing the second round of 6/6 in the second-set board before turning it.

Alexander Muller Def. Ugo Humbert (21) 6-2, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5): Muller lined a 2-hour, 30-minute epic with 23 winners.

In today’s last match, Tommy Paul (11) Def. João Fonseca 7-6 (7), 7-6 (6), edged the Brazilians in a narrow match where Paul showed their resilience, which saves six break points in the first set alone and claps back from a 1-4 deficit in the grinding break.

Highlights

Coming soon.

Madrid Open Day Five: Round with 32 games