Andrey Rublev and Alexander Zverev through at Madrid Open after easily dispatching Yoshihito Nishioka and Hugo Grenier

Andrey Rublev eased into the last-16 of the Madrid Open with a straight-sets victory over Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan. Rublev made light work of Nishioka after winning the match in one hour and 27 minutes, breaking the world No. 34 twice to claim the first set 6-2.

Ad Nishioka made it a more evenly contested second set, as the first 10 games all went on serve before the world No. 6 secured a decisive break to move 6-5 ahead. ATP MadridKhachanov overcomes dogged Bautista Agut3 HOURS AGO The Russian then won the 12th game on his second match point to wrap up the set 7-5 and set up a last-16 meeting with Karen Khachanov.

Alexander Zverev also safely secured his place in the last-16 with a straight-sets win of his own against Hugo Grenier. The match was concluded in only 57 minutes, as the Frenchman was dispatched 6-1 6-0 with Zverev losing just a solitary game across the two sets. 'Fantastic' Tsitsipas makes 39 first serves in a row — was it a record? Andreeva stuns Linette on 16th birthday, Gauff loses to Badosa in Madrid Open Lajovic stuns Auger-Aliassime as Medvedev, De Minaur and Tiafoe avoid upsets at Madrid Open Elsewhere, Jaume Munar overcame Matteo Arnaldi after losing the first set to advance into the last-16.

Both players lost their respective service games to leave the score level at 1-1, but Munar was broken in the fourth game to love on route to claiming the first set. The remaining five games would all go to serve as Arnaldi drew first blood in the contest. However, Munar responded by winning the next two sets and broke Arnaldi four times in the process to prevail 3-6 6-3 6-1.