Felix Auger-Aliassime sets up Madrid Open quarter-final with Alexander Zverev after win over Jannik Sinner

Felix Auger-Aliassime swept aside young Italian Jannik Sinner as he rediscovered some of his early-season form after some recent struggles. The Canadian eighth-seed conceded just three games in a 6-1 6-2 win on Court Three in Spain’s capital, sending down five aces compared to his younger rival’s sole effort. Ad/> Auger-Aliassime forced eight break points, taking half of them as he swatted away Sinner and moved into the quarter-finals.

ATP MadridBirthday boy Alcaraz sets up Nadal quarter-final in Madrid with win over NorrieAN HOUR AGO He will be joined by Greek world No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas, who downed Bulgarian veteran Grigor Dimitrov 6-3 6-4 at Arantxa Sanchez, with 10 aces for the younger man enough to help him to victory. Tsitsipas will play again on Saturday on Manolo Santana against Andrey Rublev, who is operating under a neutral flag following the ban on Russian and Belarussian representation due to the invasion of Ukraine.

On the same court, Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz was pushed hard by Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic with a 7-5 6-3 victory, with a remarkable 16 aces allowing him to batter his unseeded rival into defeat. Nadal saves four match points to beat Goffin in exhausting epic Jabeur becomes first African player to reach WTA 1000 final in Madrid Murray withdraws before Djokovic match due to food poisoning Hurkacz is due to face Novak Djokovic, another Serbian, after the world No. 1 was given a walkover following Andy Murray’s withdrawal due to a case of food poisoning.

Elsewhere, Germany’s Alexander Zverev completed a comfortable and expected win against another Italian, Lorenzo Musetti. His dominance in the serve, winning 89% on his first and an impressive 80% on his second. The prize for Zverev is a quarter-final