Madrid Open 2025 Day 3 Recap

Day three in Madrid brought the best seeds into the battle, and Sascha Zverev started his campaign for a third title in the Spanish capital with a ruthless 6-2, 6-2 broadcast by Roberto Bautista Agut.

Thirteenth seed Arthur Fils was unable to back up his latest form when he fell to Comesana, with the Argentine who recovered from 1-5 down in the first set to get through 7-6 (4), 6-4 but today’s biggest shock was Holger Run, and retired with a bone injury to the first set to the first set three first set three first sets to the first set of three first sets to the first set of three first set to the first set of a bone injury.

Although it was only a month of four of the season, we have already had several withdrawals, pensions and Walkovers in Madrid with Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rubled both mainly got a village for the third round, as Laslo Djere and Gael Monfil’s handed over the Russian couple a Walkover.

Full results and summary below.

Day two 2025 Madrid open round with 64 results

Zverev begins strongly

As I expected, Sascha Zverev did short work by Roberto Bautista Agut and stormed into the third round with a ruthless 6-2, 6-2 demolition in 62 minutes.

Zverev was new from his Munich title last week and shot 32 winners to Bautista Aguts measure four and won 81% (22/27) of his first serve.

Just too good from the twice the master, and Zverev looks back in shape after his post-Australian open decline.

It is still early days, as RBA is no longer a force at ATP level (and never really was on clay), so there will be tougher tests. But the German has a realistic shot on his third Madrid crown.

[It was] A good match, I knew I had to focus on Roberto. I knew it would be a tough challenge, and I am very pleased with the victory. This is my favorite center in the world, I only lost twice here in my entire life. I hope it remains the road in the next ten days and that I can continue to play good tennis. As long as I do, I’m happy. Zverev on his winnings.

Shelton denies Navone

I had Ben Shelton down as a potential upset on Friday, because Mariano Navone is a decent clay court player, and although Madrid is not exactly typical clay court conditions, I thought he would cause problems.

When Navone served for the match at 5-4 in the second set, it looked like a solid cry, but Shelton had other ideas and released a thriving pre-pass that sent the audience wild and led to his comeback. He broke up for love at 3-3 in the decision and sealed the victory.

I appreciate the fact that Shelton has gone from being a complete NO-hoper on Clay a couple of seasons ago to significant improvement by actually competing in tournaments on the surface.

Many Americans who prefer that hard courts often jump over half of the clay period, but Shelton has arrived early in Europe to secure matches, and he has become much stronger. He is now 3-0 against Navone and 10-0 against Argentines at all levels.

Other matches of notes

Francisco Cerundolo (20) Def. Harold Mayot (Q) 6-3, 6-4: Cerundolo relieved the qualification and created a third round of Argentine showdown with Francisco Comesana.

Francisco Comesana Def. Arthur Fils (13) 7-6 (4), 6-4: Comesana arranged a fantastic comeback from 1-5 down in the first set to upset the 13th seed.

Jakub Mensik (22) Def. Ethan Quinn (Q) 7-6 (4), 6-1: The 19-year-old Czech fired 14 ESS and won 75% (33/44) of first serving points in an 80-minute route, his first victory since Miami. He’s up to Shelton Next.

Alexander Bublik Def. Alexei Popyrin (25) 6-4, 7-6 (4): Bublik’s Flair surpassed the 25th seed in a narrow battle.

Taylor Fritz (3) Def. Christopher O’Connell 6-1, 6-4: Fritz, back from an abdominal injury, looked sharp in his clay opener. He meets Benjamin Bonzi next.

Benjamin Bonzi Def. Hubert Hurgacz (27) 6-4, 7-5: Bonzi got a solid upset about the 27th seed and earned a crack at Fritz.

Sebastian Korta (23) Def. Federico Cina (WC) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1: Brief navigated a tricky wild card to reach the third round.

Casper Ruud (14) Def. Arthur Rinderknech 6-3, 6-4: Ruud remained perfect (4-0) against the Frenchman and increased his bid to return to top 10.

Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q) Def. Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 (5), 6-4: The Argentine qualifier shocked last year’s runner and released Auger-A-Aliassime to No. 26 in the live ranking. He has a shocker at the M1000 level this season.

Highlights

Madrid Open Day Four: Round of 64 matches