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Summary The mens top three advanced through to the quarters of the Madrid Masters.
World number one Rafael Nadal, World number two Novak Djokovic, World number three Roger Federer, David Ferrer, Tomas Berdych and Robin Soderling have reached the quarters of the single’s event.The Pakistani-Indian duo of Aisamul Haq Qureshi and Rohan Bopanna will play their quarterfinal match in doubles event. The duo will face the American pair of John Isner and Sam Querrey in the quarterfinal.In third round world number one Rafael Nadal passed untested as opponent Juan Del Potro pulled out pre-match with a hip injury.Defending champion Nadal reached the last eight in an anticlimax, with his Argentine opponent now headed home for medical consultations and his French Open participation unclear.2009 US Open winner Del Potro won the Estoril title at the weekend as he made a comeback from 2009 wrist surgery.Second seed Novak Djokovic continued his impressive run on the circuit, with the Serb posting the all-time third best start to a season as he won his 29th straight match of 2011.Djokovic trounced Spaniard Guillermo Garcia by 6-1, 6-2 in less than an hour. John McEnroe holds the all-time mark of 42 straight in 1982, with Bjorn Borg second on 33 from 1980.Former world number one and third seed Roger Federer also recorded an easy 6-4, 6-3 win over Xavier Malisse of Belgium.British number one Andy Murray suffered an upset defeat by Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci.
