Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Casper Ruud — R16 — Madrid Open

Casper Ruud lost the opening breaker but flipped the match behind his second serve, winning 68% of those points to Stefanos Tsitsipas's 52% across a 324-minute marathon decided entirely in tiebreaks. The Norwegian's first-serve number — 82% of points won on 70% in — gave Tsitsipas nothing to attack once the third set turned. Tsitsipas piled up 42 winners but coughed up 46 unforced errors to Ruud's 32, and that gap held the difference as Ruud closed out 7-6, 6-7, 7-6 to even their rivalry at 2-2.