Rafael Nadal is into the last 16 of the Madrid Open after a hard-fought victory over Argentina's

Rafael Nadal is into the last 16 of the Madrid Open after a hard-battled triumph over Argentina's Pedro Cachin.

The Spaniard, 37, came through 6-1 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 following three hours and six minutes on court.

Five-time champion Nadal is playing on the Madrid earth for the last time, in what he hopes to be the last time of his vocation.

Nadal will play 30th seed Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic on Tuesday for a spot in the quarter-finals.

However, Extraordinary England's Cameron Norrie is out in the wake of losing to fifth seed Casper Ruud in straight sets.

The Norwegian, who won in Barcelona last week, won 6-2 6-4 and will confront Canada's Felix Drill Aliassime in the following round.

In the wake of being broken in his most memorable help round of the match and proceeding to lose the primary set, Norrie went a separation right off the bat in the second.However, Ruud hit back to make it 3-3 and afterward broke to very much want to secure the triumph.

Third seed Daniil Medvedev likewise advanced subsequent to coming from a put down to beat America's Sebastian Korda 5-7 7-6 (7-4) 6-3.

Italian favorite Jannik Heathen is in real life on Tuesday night. The Australian Open top dog faces Pavel Kotov of Russia as he proceeds with his bid for a fourth title of 2024.