Emil Ruusuvuori beat Ugo Humbert after two tie-breaks and will face Carlos Alcaraz in the second round of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament played on clay in Madrid. The qualifiers performed well.

Emil Ruusuvuori, 24, is at the forefront of the new wave of tennis players. The Finn was already in the top 30 of the world rankings and has several valuable successes to his credit. On Wednesday, he started competing in the ATP Masters 1000 tournament, where he may also be tempted to make a significant result. He first beat Ugo Humbert 7-6(6), 7-6(4).

Ruusuvuori served nine aces, made 30 knockouts and converted one of two break points in two hours of play. Now the Finn’s bar will be much higher – in the second round he will face the top seed classified and title defending Carlos Alcaraz.

The qualifiers showed up on the right side on Wednesday night. Hugo Grenier beat Diego Schwartzman 7:5, 6:4 and his next rival will be number 22 Sebastian Korda. In his turn, in the duel of the elimination tennis players, Matteo Arnaldi defended the ball of the match and won with Benoit Paire. In the 1/32 final, Italy will face Casper Ruud, the “three” of the tournament.

Bornie Gojo failed to do so, losing to Thiago Monteiro. The Brazilian will play in the second round with Karen Khachanov, seeded number ten. ‘Lucky loser’ Paweł Kotow also dropped out of qualification, succumbing to Oscar Otte. The German will fight for promotion in the 1/16 final with the marked “18” Pablo Carreno.

Jaume Munar made local fans happy. The Spaniard, after a match in two sets, but which lasted almost two hours and 40 minutes, beat Thanasi Kokkinakis 7: 6 (7), 7: 6 (3). His next opponent will be Tallon Griekspoor, from the “30” tournament.

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

1st singles round:

Emil Ruusuvuori (Finland) – Ugo Humbert (France) 7-6(6), 7-6(4)
Jaume Munar (Spain) v Thanasi Kokkinakis (Australia) 7-6(7), 7-6(3)
Thiago Monteiro (Brazil) v Borna Gojo (Croatia, Q) 7-6(9), 4-6, 6-3
Oscar Otte (Germany) – Pawel Kotow (LL) 6:3, 4:6, 6:4
Hugo Grenier (France, Q) – Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) 7-5, 6-4
Matteo Arnaldi (Italy, Q) v Benoit Paire (France, Q) 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(6)

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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