Stan Wawrinka defeated Maxime Cressy in the first round of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament played on clay in Madrid. Host representatives introduced themselves well.

Most tennis players don’t like matches against strong serving opponents who don’t let them get into a rhythm. And it was such a challenge that awaited Stan Wawrinka in the first round of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Madrid, against Maxime Cressy. The Swiss, however, did a great job and after a two and a half hour battle won 6:7(3), 6:3, 7:6(4).

Wawrinka served 19 aces on Wednesday, was unbroken once and had 38 knockouts. In the second round, the 38-year-old Swiss will play with fifth-seeded Andrei Rublev, winner of the previous Masters 1000 – in Monte Carlo.

The home team performed well on Wednesday. Roberto Carballes beat David Goffin 6-4, 6-4 and his next opponent will be number 13 Alexander Zverev. On the other hand, Albert Ramos beat Ilja Iwaszka and in the Spanish duel for the 1/16 finals he will face Alejandro Davidovich, the “29” of the tournament.

The French also had reason to be happy. Quentin Halys in less than two hours took care of Alexei Popyrin and in the second round he will face Roberto Bautista, seeded No. 20. Grégoire Barrere has eliminated wild card holder Emilio Nava and will face ’26’ Grigor Dimitrov in the next phase.

In the French duel, Hugo Gaston, playing with a joker, beat Jérémy Chardy 6-3, 6-4. The 22-year-old Toulousain will play the second round with the 17th born Borna Coric.

Marked “six”, Holger Rune will start the Mutua Madrid Open 2023 competition with a meeting with Aleksander Bublik. The Kazakh committed up to 50 unforced errors, including 13 double serves, but prevailed 7-6(15), 6-7(4), 6-4 over Daniel Elahi Galan, making up for a break loss in the deciding set. .

Alex Molcan and Yannick Hanfmann also qualified for the second round. The Slovak gave Yibing Wu six games and his next opponent will be 28th seed Yoshihito Nishioka. The German qualifier beat Juan Pablo Varillas and in the 1/32 final he will play with the “15” of the tournament, Lorenzo Musetti.

Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid (Spain)
ATP Masters 1000, clay, €7.705 million prize pool
Wednesday April 26

1st singles round:

Quentin Halys (France) – Alexei Popyrin (Australia) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
Alex Molcan (Slovakia) v Yibing Wu (China) 6-2, 6-4
Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) – Maxime Cressy (USA) 6-7(3), 6-3, 7-6(4)
Roberto Carballes (Spain) – David Goffin (Belgium) 6-4, 6-4
Albert Ramos (Spain) v Ilya Ivashka 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-2
Aleksander Bublik (Kazakhstan) v Daniel Elahi Galan (Colombia) 7-6(15), 6-7(4), 6-4
Grégoire Barrere (France) – Emilio Nava (USA, CM) 6-0, 5-7, 6-3
Yannick Hanfmann (Germany) v Juan Pablo Varillas (Peru) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Hugo Gaston (France, CM) – Jeremy Chardy (France) 6-3, 6-4

free prizes: Carlos Alcaraz (Spain, 1); Daniil Medvedev (2); Casper Ruud (Norway, 3); Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece, 4); Andrei Rublev (5); Holger Rune (Denmark, 6); Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada, 7); Taylor Fritz (USA, 8); Frances Tiafoe (USA, 9); Karen Khachanov (10); Cameron Norrie (UK, 11); Hubert Hurkacz (Poland, 12); Alexander Zverev (Germany, 13); Tommy Paul (USA, 14); Lorenzo Musetti (Italy, 15); Alex de Minaur (Australia, 16); Borna Coric (Croatia, 17); Pablo Carreno (Spain, 18); Daniel Evans (UK, 19); Roberto Bautista (Spain, 20); Denis Shapovalov (Canada, 21); Sebastian Korda (USA, 22); Botic van de Zandschulp (Netherlands, 23); Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina, 24); Sebastian Baez (Argentina, 25); Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria, 26); Miomir Kecmanovic (Serbia, 27); Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan, 28); Alejandro Davidovitch Fokina (Spain, 29); Tallon Griekspoor (Netherlands, 30); Jiri Lehecka (Czech Republic, 31); Ben Shelton (USA, 32)

Schedule and results of the men’s tournament

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