Daniil Medvedev moved into the last 16 at the ATP Madrid Masters with a straight-sets win over qualifier Nicolai Budkov Kjaer, 6-3, 6-2. Playing on the red clay at Arantxa Sanchez Stadium, the No. 7 seed controlled the key moments and closed the Round of 32 in roughly 70 minutes. The Russian won 12 games to 5 and finished with a clear edge in both baseline exchanges and return pressure.

How the scoreline took shape

Budkov Kjaer served first and kept things tight early, but Medvedev converted 3 break chances in the opening set and took it 6-3. The second set tilted even further, with Medvedev breaking 3 more times and sealing it 6-2. Across the match, Medvedev converted 6 breaks and was broken twice, a clean reflection of the 12-5 games tally and the 58-40 points total.

Serve and return numbers that mattered

Medvedev landed 62% of his first serves and won 71% of those points, adding 2 aces against 2 double faults. Budkov Kjaer put in 51% first serves and won 41% behind them, a gap that proved costly despite a solid 46% success behind the second ball. On return, Medvedev took 59% of first-serve return points and 53% on second-serve returns, while the Norwegian managed 28% and 52% respectively. Break-point conversion and resilience told the story too: Medvedev saved 2 of 4, Budkov Kjaer saved 2 of 8.

Momentum and runs

There were no tiebreaks, and Medvedev put together the longer surges. He claimed a maximum of 7 points in a row and strung together 4 straight games at his peak. Budkov Kjaer’s best runs were 4 points and 2 games, not enough to flip either set. The flow matched the stats on Sofascore’s match page, where the Russian’s return numbers stood out from start to finish.

What it means for Madrid

This was a tidy Round of 32 job from the No. 7 seed on red clay, against a qualifier currently ranked No. 121. The win sends Medvedev into the Round of 16 at the ATP Madrid Masters with confidence from a dominant return display. Fans can dive into the full point-by-point, advanced stats, win probability and Sofascore Rating on Sofascore, along with live scores from Madrid throughout the week.