Watanuki takes out Benoit Paire for first Masters 1000 win in Miami

Japanese qualifier Yosuke Watanuki defeated French qualifier Benoit Paire 6-4, 7-5 to reach the second round of the Miami Masters at the Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday evening.

Watanuki, ranked No 123, will play No 12 seed Frances Tiafoe next.

Miami Masters, other first-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):

• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Dominic Thiem
• Thiago Monteiro vs. Jason Kubler
• Pavel Kotov vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Gregoire Barrere vs. Roman Safiullin
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Zizou Bergs
• Richard Gasquet vs. Christopher O’Connell: thursday
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-4, 6-2
• 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