Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray made their way into the Madrid Open quarterfinals on Thursday, each with straight-set wins.
The top-ranked Djokovic beat Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2, 6-1 for his 30th win of the season, the most on tour. Defending champion Murray defeated Gilles Simon 6-4, 6-2.
"I wanted to be aggressive and it's what I've done," said Djokovic, who had 25 winners and only 11 unforced errors. "The conditions were quite different than yesterday, it was a bit slower but a bit more windier, so I had to be concentrated."
A day earlier, Djokovic met Ronaldo at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium before Real Madrid's game against Manchester City in the Champions league. Rafael Nadal was also at the football match.
Murray broke Simon's serve in the final game of the first set and twice in the second to stay on track to defend his title.
Murray's match against Simon was a rematch of the 2008 final in Madrid, when the British player won his first title at the tournament.
Also, sixth-seeded Kei Nishikori reached the quarterfinals by defeating 10th-seeded Richard Gasquet 6-4, 7-5, while eighth-seeded Tomas Berdych beat ninth-seeded David Ferrer 7-6 (8), 7-5.
In the women's tournament, 19-year-old qualifier louisa Chirico defeated Daria Gavrilova of Australia 7-6 (1), 6-2 to reach the semifinals.
The 130th-ranked Chirico became the first American teenager to reach the semifinals of a top clay-court event since Ashley Harkleroad in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2003.
Also, sixth-seeded Simona Halep reached the semifinals by beating Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3, 0-6, 6-1.