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Officially, Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime has made it to the second week – which is something he fell far short of a year ago both in Madrid and Rome, even with the first-round byes he had back then as part of the top 10.

He gets a kid, Jakub Mensik, who’s a neophyte on clay at the ATP level. Which has to help him.

And that other guy, Rafa … something, is looking for the fourth round and has a winnable match.

(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

Monday, April 29, 2024
Final results
Singles, third round

Canadian content

Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) def Jakub Mensik  (CZE) 61 10 retd

Notables

[PR] Rafael Nadal  (ESP) def. Pedro Cachin (ARG) 61 67 (5) 63

Upsets

[17] Alexander Bublik (KAZ) def [14] Ben Shelton (USA) 36 76 (2) 64

Seeds scuffling

[3] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) def. [25] Sebastian Korda (USA) 57 76 (4) 63

Seeds moving along

[1] Jannik Sinner (ITA) def. Pavel Kotov (RUS) 62 75

[5] Casper Ruud (NOR) def. [29] Cameron Norrie (GBR) 62 64

[16] Karen Khachanov (RUS) def. Flavio Cobolli (ITA) 75 64

[30] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) def. [Q] Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 64 76 (7)

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