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Not everything was perfect, but Arthur Fils did the job well enough to earn the right to qualify for the round of 16 of the Masters 1000 in Madrid. The Frenchman beat the American Emilio Nava in two sets (7-6 (7\/2), 6-3). Certainly, this time he did not lose a single round along the way, but he could have made life even easier with a little more consistency during the match.<\/p>\n
Put under pressure in the first set which he finally won in the tie break, the French number 1 achieved the first break of the game at the start of the second set, breaking away 3-1. Nava broke him immediately, without consequence since the Frenchman immediately resumed his service and offered himself his seventh consecutive victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cI lost concentration at 3-1, it\u2019s a shame but these things happen, afterward I\u2019m quite happy with the way I reacted,\u201d he commented after the match.<\/p>\n
Arriving with full confidence on the clay court of Madrid after his coronation last Sunday in Barcelona (ATP 500) and exempted from the first round due to his rank as top seed, Fils had suffered for his entry into the competition against the Peruvian Ignacio Buse (58th) Friday (6-7 (4\/7), 7-6 (7\/3), 7-5.<\/p>\n
He will face in the round of 16 the Argentinian Tom\u00e1s Mart\u00edn Etcheverry (29th), winner of the Croatian Dino Prizmic (87th) on Sunday 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n
The two future opponents both won their 20th victory of the season, joining Sinner, Alcaraz, Zverev and Medvedev, the only players to have achieved this performance in 2026. \u201cIt’s going to be a big match and we’re going to have a lot of fun,\u201d assured the Frenchman at the microphone of the organization.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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