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FINALLY, a few of the top eight seeds at the Madrid Open swing into action in the second round.

Novak Djokovic, Andrey Rublev and Carlos Alcaraz all were on court, and all prevailed.

It means, basically, that many of the aspiring titlists will have to play five gruelling clay-court matches in the five days to win the tournament.

Which is a lot.

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Mutua Madrid Open
Location: Madrid, Spain
Category: ATP 1000 (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Surface: Red Clay
Dates: May 1 – 8, 2022
Prize money: €7,499,290
Draws: S56 – D28

Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Final results

Singles, second round

[WC] Andy Murray (GBR) def. [14] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 61 36 62

[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) def. Gael Monfils (FRA) 63 62
[6] Andrey Rublev def. [WC] Jack Draper (GBR) 26 64 75
[7] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) def. Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 63 75

Singles, first round

Sebastian Korda (USA) def [15] Reilly Opelka (USA) 63 75
Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) def [16] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) 67 (6) 76 (1) 63

[12] Hubert Hurkacz (POL) def. [Q] Hugo Dellien (BOL) 75 67 (11) 63
[17] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) def. Jenson Brooksby (USA) 60 62

Marin Cilic (CRO) def Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 63 36 64
Cristian Garin (CHI) def Frances Tiafoe (USA) 61 63
Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) def. Alexander Bublik (KAZ) 64 75

Doubles, first round

Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) / Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) def Maximo Gonzalez / Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 63 76 (8)

[8] Jamie Murray (GBR) / Michael Venus (NZL) def. [WC] Petros Tsitsipas / Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 62 36 [10-7]

Cameron Norrie (GBR) / Tommy Paul (USA) def Marcelo Melo (BRA) / Alexander Zverev (GER) 36 63 [10-7]

Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev vs Hubert Hurkacz (POL) / John Isner (USA) 36 34 – suspended

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