Madrid Open 2025 Day 2 Recap

Carlos Alcaraz’s withdrawal as a consequence of an adductor damage stole headlines on the 2025 Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday, leaving the underside half of the draw huge open as Kamil Majchrzak enters as a fortunate loser.

On court docket, the spherical of 128 concluded with João Fonseca crushing Elmer Moller 6-2, 6-3, Cameron Norrie saving a match level to outlast Martin Landaluce 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-4 in in all probability the 2 most fascinating matches of the day.

Tomorrow sees the seeded gamers soar into motion, so there are much more fascinating matches on the desk after the opening two days, with a 96-player draw and 32 byes turning the venue into the Caja Non-Magica—full outcomes and highlights from day two beneath.

Day Two 2025 Madrid Open Spherical of 128 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Tallon Griekspoor
Vit Kopriva (Q)
6-1 6-4

Marcos Giron
Learner Tien
6-1 1-6 7-6(4)

Reilly Opelka (PR)
Rinky Hijikata (LL)
7-5 7-5

Joao Fonseca
Elmer Moller (Q)
6-2 6-3

Luciano Darderi
Quentin Halys
6-4 6-4

Alexandre Muller
David Goffin
6-3 3-6 1-0 RET

Damir Dzhumur
Mattia Bellucci
4-6 6-4 6-2

Matteo Arnaldi
Borna Coric (Q)
3-6 6-4 7-5

Lorenzo Sonego
Miomir Kecamanovic
6-4 7-6(5)

Kei Nishikori
Alexsandar Vukic
6-4 3-6 6-3

Jan Lennard Struff
Botic van de Zandschulp (LL)
7-5 2-6 4-1 RET

Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Hamad Medjedovic
6-4 6-7(4) 6-4

Nicolas Jarry
Daniel Altmaier (Q)
6-3 6-2

Jacob Fearnley (Q)
Yunchaokete Bu
6-3 7-6(2)

Cameron Norrie
Martin Landaluce (WC)
6-7(4) 7-5 6-4

Gabriel Diallo (LL)
Zizou Bergs
6-1 6-2

João Fonseca Dominates Elmer Moller

João Fonseca began with a win on the Mutua Madrid Open, accumulating a 6-2, 6-3 rout of Danish qualifier Elmer Moller on Manolo Santana Stadium.

One yr after turning into the match’s youngest match winner, Fonseca headed into Madrid contemporary off a month-long break after Miami’s third spherical, and he produced a rock-solid efficiency.

Moller is one to observe, however Fonseca, having grown up on clay stepped up aggressively on second-serve returns, permitting him to dictate rallies, and he’s acquired fairly a bit extra expertise on tour regardless of being 3 years youthful.

Fonseca’s means to soak up Moller’s heavy backhand (his trademark shot) and redirect it with energy overwhelmed the 21-year-old, who entered on a six-match win streak after the Oeiras Challenger title.

Over the 2 units, the Brazilian created 13 break level possibilities, changing 4, and didn’t face a single break level on his personal serve to progress comfortably.

His win units up a second-round conflict with No. 11 seed Tommy Paul, the place he’ll chase his third High 20 scalp of 2025, having crushed Andrey Rublev and Ugo Humbert earlier this yr.

I like taking part in on clay. I used to be born on the clay, so I wish to play on it, even with altitude. I wish to concentrate on my serves and play aggressive, so feeling good this week. Me and my staff felt it was a time to relaxation just a little bit, focus, be at dwelling, relaxation mentally. Then come right here to do the clay season. Very pleased with this win immediately. Fonseca on his win.

Norrie Survives Landaluce

Cameron Norrie clawed his well past 19-year-old Spanish wildcard Martin Landaluce 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-4on Arantxa Sanchez Stadium, saving a match level to maintain his Madrid marketing campaign alive.

It doesn’t appear that way back that Norrie was comfortably inside the highest 10, however he’s now slipped to 91st after a poor 18 months.

Mired in a 7-9 win-loss report for the season earlier than the match, he needed to lean on expertise to outlast the house favorite in a 2-hour 42-minute battle. 

Like Carreno Busta yesterday, Landaluce was backed by a raucous Madrid crowd, and he seized the primary set 7-6(4), capitalising on his aggressive baseline play.

Norrie stared down the barrel of a gun within the second set, dealing with a match level on serve at 4-5. However he’s at all times been the gritty sort of participant with wonderful cardio, and he dug in to carry earlier than breaking to seize the set.

The third set noticed Norrie harness momentum, breaking in recreation 9 to seal the 6-4 win and arrange a second-round conflict with Jiri Lehecka.

Different Matches of Word

Lorenzo Sonego def. Miomir Kecmanovic 6-4, 7-6(5): Sonego’s 39 winners powered a good win, enhancing his head-to-head to 4-2

Matteo Arnaldi def. Borna Coric (Q) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5: Arnaldi rallied previous the previous High 12 participant in a three-set scrap.

Kei Nishikori, the previous World No. 4, outlasted Aleksandar Vukic, who’s misplaced 9 straight matches at tour degree.

Gabriel Diallo (LL) def. Zizou Bergs 6-1, 6-2: The Canadian took full benefit of his fortunate loser standing to cruise by way of in simply 57 minutes.

Damir Dzumhur def. Mattia Bellucci 4-6, 6-4, 6-2: A enjoyable handshake on this one 😆

Highlights

Madrid Open Day Three: Spherical of 64 Matches