Carlos Alcaraz emphatically defeated Alexander Shevchenko 6-2, 6-1 in a second-round match at the Masters 1000 series tennis tournament in Madrid.
The champion of the last two editions in the Spanish capital was very convincing against the Russian-born but competing for Kazakhstan Shevchenko, who is ranked number 59 in the men's world rankings. Alcaraz lost serve twice in the match – once in both sets, but in turn made seven breaks, which sent him to the next phase.
There, the rival of the host representative and second in the scheme will be Thiago Seyboth Wild, who eliminated the 28th seeded Lorenzo Musetti from Italy in two sets.
Number 7, 8 and 15 in the scheme respectively Andrey Rublev, Hubert Hurkacz and Tommy Paul also did not make a mistake in their matches today. /BGNES
