13:20
Start continues to be delayed
After Etcheverry secured the first set 6: 4, Medjedovic was able to secure the second round in the tie-break. After more than two hours, the two are only going into the third set, Altmaier and Jarry have to be patient. We’ll get back to the start.
13:00
The only duel long ago
So far, the two have met once, but that was four years ago. Also on sand at the Challenger in Lüdenscheid in the final prevailed after three competitive sets and celebrated his second Challenger title at the time.
12:55
Jarry with negative series in the luggage
Nicolas Jarry started the year with a quarter -finals in Brisbane, but has been in a low of form since then, was only able to win a single match (in Rio de Janeiro) and travels to Madrid with five defeats. In Santiago de Chile (against Camilo Ugo Carabelli) and Bucharest (against Christopher O’Connell), it put disappointing kick-off slides against significantly poorly placed players while in Monte-Carlo (against Grigor Dimitrov) and Munich (against a stricken Ugo Humbert) in round one. The Chilean slipped to 57th place in the ranking – almost exactly a year ago he was in 16th place on his best world ranking position. Madrid is also not a particularly good pavement for the 29-year-old in the Caja Magica in his two main field participation in the past two years.
12:45
Altmaier with good memories of Madrid
After the beginning of the year, Daniel Altmaier started the clay court season with two quarter -finals on the tour (Rotterdam and Marseille) in Marrakech and lost there in round one Otto Virtanen. It went better on his favorite covering afterwards in Monte-Carlo, where the 26-year-old first reached the round of 16 in his career out of the qualification, in which he was defeated by the later tournament winner Carlos Alcaraz. This was followed by another round of 16 in Munich with the one -handed backhand (Dutch against tournament winner Zverev) and, after success, mastered the qualification for Masters in Madrid via Luca van Asche and Daniel Galán. At the 1000er in the Spanish capital, the Kempener feels particularly comfortable and has a record of 5: 2. As a Lucky Loser, he stormed to the quarter -finals in his debut in 2023 and reached the third round last year.
12:00
Welcome to the first round of the Mutua Madrid Open between Daniel Altmaier and Nicolas Jarry! In the second match on Court 6, the German qualification fights against the Chilean world rankings 57. To move into the second round. The beginning will be delayed a little to the back, the preceding match between Tomas Martin Etcheverry and Hamad Medjedovic is still in the first set after more than 50 minutes, the Argentinian leads there without break. We are back in time for the start of Altmaier and Jarry’s game.