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Rafael Nadal had a pretty cake draw in the first round, facing a young teenager outside the top 1000 who was clearly overwhelmed.

But Saturday, he faced the top Aussie who defeated him in Barcelona, Alex de Minaur.

The veteran Spaniard had no expectations about winning this match. But on the plus side it appeared Friday that he went through a full off-day practice. And after winning a pretty critical first set in a tiebreak, Rafa got roaring and is into the third round.

As for Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime, he relocated from the big big stadium to Court 4 as he looks for an upset over No. 19 seed Adrian Mannarino. And he literally had no trouble at all.

(Madrid is 6 hours ahead of EDT)

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Mutua Madrid Open
Location: Madrid, Spain
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Category: ATP 1000 (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Dates: April 24 – May 5, 2024
Prize money: €9,249,713
Draws: S96 – D32

Saturday, April 27, 2024
Final results
Singles, second round

Canadian content

Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) def [19] Adrian Mannarino (FRA)  60 64

Notables

[PR] Rafael Nadal (ESP) def [10] Alex de Minaur (AUS) 76 (6) 63

Upsets

[Q] Thiago Monteiro (BRA) def [6] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 64 64

Jakub Mensik (CZE) def [9] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 62 67 (4) 63

Pedro Cachin (ARG) def [20] Frances Tiafoe (USA) 76 (1) 36 64

Flavio Cobolli (ITA) def [22] Nicolas Jarry (CHI) 63 36 63

Pavel Kotov (RUS) def [32] Jordan Thompson (AUS) 57 64 75

Seeded comebacks

[3] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) def Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) 26 64 64

[16] Karen Khachanov (RUS) def. [LL] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 36 63 75

[17] Alexander Bublik (KAZ) def Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) 16 62 62

Seeds rolling

[1] Jannik Sinner (ITA) def. Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) 60 63

[5] Casper Ruud (NOR) def Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 64 61

[14] Ben Shelton (USA) def. Tomas Machac (CZE) 60 62

[29] Cameron Norrie (GBR) def [WC] Joao Fonseca (BRA) 61 64

[30] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) def [Q] Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) 75 64

[25] Sebastian Korda (USA) def. Max Purcell (AUS) 63 63 

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