Arthur Fils def. Ignacio Buse 6(4)-7(7), 7(7)-6(3), 7-5 — Madrid Open 2026 R64

Match recap

Arthur Fils defeated Ignacio Buse 6(4)-7(7), 7(7)-6(3), 7-5 in the R64 of the Madrid Open 2026.

Arthur Fils flipped this one in the second-set tiebreak after coughing up the first, then leaned on his second serve down the stretch to edge Ignacio Buse over 163 minutes in Madrid. The margin was the second ball: Fils won 53% of those points to Buse's 43%, and his cleaner ledger — 36 unforced errors to Buse's 42 — proved the difference in a match where the two split 226 points dead even. Fils breaks through 7-5 in the third in their first career meeting.

Match stats

Arthur Fils: 2 aces, 37 winners, 72% first serves, 3 double faults. Ignacio Buse: 5 aces, 36 winners, 74% first serves, 2 double faults.

Profiles: Arthur Fils · Ignacio Buse — Madrid Open 2026

Head-to-head

This is the first meeting between Arthur Fils and Ignacio Buse.