Madrid Open 2026 Day Six Recap

Day Six on the Mutua Madrid Open was a reasonably routine spherical with one clear standout upset and many of the huge names advancing with out an excessive amount of bother.

The headline consequence was 20-year-old Belgian qualifier Alexander Blockx taking out third seed Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6(3) 6-3 for his first Prime 10 win.

Elsewhere, Stefanos Tsitsipas appeared strong in straight units, Casper Ruud continued his run as defending champion, and Alexander Zverev needed to battle via a late wobble earlier than closing out Terence Atmane.

Listed here are the notable outcomes from Day 6:

Day Six 2026 Madrid Open Spherical of 32 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Rating

Stefanos Tsitsipas
Daniel Mérida Aguilar (Q)
6-4 6-2

(12) Casper Ruud
(20) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
6-3 6-1

(16) Francisco Cerúndolo
(18) Luciano Darderi
6-2 6-3

Alexander Blockx
(3) Felix Auger-Aliassime
7-6(3) 6-3

(7) Daniil Medvedev
Nicolai Budkov Kjær (Q)
6-3 6-2

(10) Flavio Cobolli
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (Q)
6-3 6-2

(2) Alexander Zverev
Terence Atmane
6-3 7-6(2)

(23) Jakub Menšík
(13) Karen Khachanov
6-4 7-6(11)

Match Recap

Alexander Blockx def. (3) Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6(3) 6-3

The largest upset of the day. The 20-year-old Belgian qualifier produced a assured, composed efficiency to report his first Prime 10 win.

Blockx served excellently (saving the one break level he confronted) and managed the rallies properly. He strikes as much as No. 53 within the reside rankings and can now face Francisco Cerúndolo within the quarter-finals. This continues a robust clay swing for Blockx after additionally reaching the final 16 in Monte Carlo.

Stefanos Tsitsipas def. Daniel Mérida (Q) 6-4 6-2

A strong, environment friendly straight-sets win for the Greek as he continues his improved kind. Tsitsipas spoke about feeling actual “pleasure” on courtroom and reconnecting together with his recreation. He transformed 3/4 break factors and can now face defending champion Casper Ruud in a fourth-round conflict (their first assembly because the 2024 Barcelona ultimate).

Is he again? Too early to say, however issues are on course, and that is the primary time he’s received three matches at a match (excluding the United Cup) since his Dubai title run in February final yr.

(12) Casper Ruud def. (20) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3 6-1

The defending champion dropped simply 5 video games within the match (and solely 5 throughout his first three matches mixed). Ruud seems to be in okay kind heading into his matchup with Tsitsipas, however the degree between these two as we speak wasn’t something to jot down dwelling about. 

(2) Alexander Zverev def. Terence Atmane 6-3 7-6(2)

Zverev needed to navigate a late twist. He didn’t serve out the match at 5-4 within the second set as Atmane mounted a comeback, however the two-time Madrid champion regrouped properly and dominated the tiebreak to shut it out.

With this win, Zverev has now reached the final 16 in all 9 of his Madrid appearances and joins Sinner as the one gamers to achieve the fourth spherical in any respect 4 Masters 1000 occasions this season. 

I can’t actually keep in mind a Zverev match the place he doesn’t appear to wrestle to shut it out. Perhaps towards the true lower-tier stuff, however any form of Prime 100 kind participant, then he can go from cruise management to dogfight very quickly in any respect. This time, he might have an excuse, as he appeared to have some form of again damage, which I assume places his match tomorrow in jeopardy.

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