We are determined for another day busy tennis in Madrid open with the likes of Casper Ruud, Aryna Sabalenka and Holger Rune all in action. Follow all Friday’s action with the FlashScore tennis tracker.

09:55 CET – Much more big battles to wait today, and what has the appearance of a good competition is number two world Ale beast against the Spanish veteran Roberto Bautista-Aut.

Zverev is following the number one place in the world for the first time in his career, and given the current occupier of that country, Jannik Sinner, is still out of a doping ban, is a golden opportunity for German to claim first place.

To do this, he must see Bautista-Agut, which he has beaten five times in seven games. But that good Slims report in clay, with the Spaniard winning one of their clashes on the surface.

This returned all the way to 2013, so smart money is in last week’s champion from Munich.

Can Zverev keep his good shape? Find from 2pm CET.

09:00 CET – Good morning and welcome back to the Flashscore Tennis tracker for second round action by Madrid Open.

Many big strokes get in clay in the Spanish capital today, including one world number SabalenkaWho takes over Anna Blinkova.

Belarusen was amazed by Jelena Ostapenko in the Stuttgart final last week, but she has a good story in the tournament, having won it twice in 2021 and 2023.

This year, she has also been in excellent form, winning 25 of her 30 matches and her head against Blinkova is three to zero in her favor. Can Blinkova provide a shock? Follow the game here.

Meanwhile, Casper Ruud opens the day taking French Arthur Rinderknech. Former French Open final has three wins from five games on this area so far this year as he continues to lower the rankings.

See if he can arrest that slide today – Follow the game from 11:00 CET.