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Carlos Alcaraz started his Madrid Open title defence pinch a comfortable triumph complete Alexander Shevchenko.
World number 3 Alcaraz, 20, eased to a 6-2 6-1 triumph against Kazakhstan's Shevchenko.
The Wimbledon champion dominated passim successful a connection performance, pinch 23-year-old Shevchenko incapable to lucifer his gait and flair.
It was a invited return to nan clay for Spaniard Alcaraz aft a correct forearm wounded caused him to withdraw from past week's Barcelona Open.
Alcaraz will look Brazil's Thiago Seyboth Wild successful nan 3rd round.
Elsewhere successful nan men's draw, Britain's Jack Draper suffered a 6-1 7-5 conclusion by Poland's Hubert Hurkacz.
Draper, 22, started slow and was punished by nan world number nine, who clinched nan first group pinch ease.
Draper fought backmost successful nan 2nd but a double responsibility allowed Hurkacz to service for nan lucifer and wrap up triumph wrong 77 minutes.
In nan women's draw, two-time Grand Slam champion Aryna Sabalenka reached nan 3rd information pinch a hard-fought 6-4 3-6 6-3 triumph complete Poland's Magda Linette.
Kazakhstan's erstwhile Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, caller from beating Iga Swiatek connected nan measurement to past week's Stuttgart title, was a 6-4 6-3 victor against Italian Lucia Bronzetti.
Britain's Katie Boulter faces American Robin Montgomery later connected Friday and triumph would spot her look Sabalenka successful nan adjacent round.
