Dino Prizmic tops Matteo Berrettini in Madrid, sets clash with Ben Shelton | ATP Tour

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Prizmic tops Berrettini in Madrid, sets clash with in-form Shelton

Cilic rallies previous Bergs, faces Fonseca subsequent

April 22, 2026

Dino Prizmic on Wednesday accomplished his third win in as many days on the Mutua Madrid Open to set a second-round showdown with in-form fourth seed Ben Shelton.

The 20-year-old Prizmic eased previous Matteo Berrettini 6-3, 6-4 inside Manolo Santana Stadium with a high-quality all-around show. The Croatian, who gained two qualifying matches to earn his debut in Madrid, notched a single break in every set to earn simply his second ATP Masters 1000 main-draw victory.

“It’s definitely a big thing for me,” Prizmic stated after downing former World No. 6 and 2021 Madrid finalist Berrettini. “It’s a pleasure to share the court with him. Today I’m very happy about my performance, and also it’s a pleasure to play here on this centre court. It’s an unbelievable feeling.”

With his win, Prizmic set a maiden Lexus ATP Head2Head clash with Shelton, who will compete in Madrid contemporary from successful his first ATP 500 title on clay in Munich. Yet Prizmic will hope that already having racked up three wins in Madrid, together with prevailing in a three-hour, 22-minute marathon towards Christopher O’Connell in his first-round qualifying match on Monday, will stand him in good stead towards the American.

“It’s very tough, because I already played two matches in qualies, but it is what it is,” Prizmic stated. “I just tried, also yesterday, to prepare as much as I can. I’m happy about my game today.”

Prizmic gained 79 per cent (26/33) of factors behind first serves towards Berrettini, in accordance with Infosys ATP Stats. The Croatian, who took a set off Novak Djokovic on the 2024 Australian Open and competed on the 2025 Next Gen ATP Finals, made his Top 100 debut earlier this month. After defeating Berrettini, he’s up seven spots to No. 80 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings.

Marin Cilic set one other intriguing second-round matchup in Madrid after rallying previous Zizou Bergs 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. The former World No. 3 and 2014 US Open champion will subsequent tackle twenty seventh seed and #NextGenATP Brazilian star Joao Fonseca for the primary time.

In different early Wednesday play, Emiliano Nava, Ignacio Buse and Vit Kopriva every earned a straight-sets victory. Nava prevailed 6-3, 7-5 in an all-American battle with Jenson Brooksby to advance to face 14th seed Valentin Vacherot. In the identical part of the draw, Buse downed Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 6-2 for the proper to tackle twenty first seed and final week’s Barcelona champion Arthur Fils.

Kopriva raced previous Zhang Zhizhen 6-2, 6-0 and can play 2024 champion Andrey Rublev for a third-round spot, whereas Damir Dzumhur additionally superior. The Bosnian noticed off Mattia Bellucci 6-2, 6-4 and can subsequent play twenty ninth seed Tallon Griekspoor. Meanwhile Jan-Lennard Struff defeated Alexandre Muller 7-6(3), 6-0: The German was a finalist in Madrid in 2023.