Miami Masters: McDonald books spot in second round
Mackenzie McDonald won against Daniel Elahi Galan 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday evening. He’ll play No 19 seed Matteo Berrettini in the next round
Mackenzie Mcdonald of the U.S. reacts during his second round match against Spain’s Rafael Nadal at the 2023 Australian Open
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American Mackenzie McDonald won against Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan 6-4, 6-2 to move into the second round of the Miami Masters at the Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday evening.
The former UCLA Bruin improves to 7-0 in first-round matches in 2023 with his 13th win of the season.
McDonald, ranked No 55, will play No 19 seed Matteo Berrettini next.
The Italian owns a 2-0 lifetime edge over McDonald with hard court wins against the California native in Auckland in 2019 and Naples last season.
Miami Masters, other first-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Dominic Thiem
- Richard Gasquet vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Pavel Kotov vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Thiago Monteiro vs. Jason Kubler
- Gregoire Barrere vs. Roman Safiullin
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Zizou Bergs
- Yosuke Watanuki vs. Benoit Paire: thursday
- Christopher Eubanks (Q) beat Denis Kudla: 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-0, 3-0 ret.
- Alex Molcan beat Jordan Thompson (Q): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
- Adrian Mannarino beat Juncheng Shang (WC): 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Cristian Garin (Q) beat Marcos Giron: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
- Jiri Lehecka beat Federico Coria: 6-3, 6-4
- Aleksandar Kovacevic (LL) beat Jaume Munar: 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-1
- Quentin Halys beat Pedro Martinez: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
- Emilio Nava (WC) beat John Isner: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
- Ugo Humbert beat Gael Monfils: 3-3 ret.
- Jan-Lennard Struff (Q) beat Fabio Fognini: 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
- Yibing Wu beat Kyle Edmund: 7-5, 7-5
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Nuno Borges (Q): 6-1, 6-4
- Dusan Lajovic beat Andy Murray: 6-4, 7-5
- Ilya Ivashka beat Daniel Altmaier (Q): 6-2, 6-1
- J.J. Wolf beat Alexander Bublik: 7-5, 6-3
- Alexei Popyrin beat Mikael Ymer: 7-6 (5), 4-4 ret.
- Laslo Djere beat Aleksandar Vukic (Q): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
- Guido Pella beat Juan Pablo Varillas: 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Marton Fucsovics beat Pedro Cachin: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Facundo Bagnis beat Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (Q): 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
- Taro Daniel (WC) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 4-1 ret.
- Marc-Andrea Huesler beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-3
- Brandon Nakashima beat Oscar Otte: 7-6 (3), 6-3
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