Madrid: Zapata Miralles celebrates wildly after first Masters win
Bernabe Zapata Miralles edged out Mackenzie McDonald 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Thursday evening. He’ll play No 19 seed Daniel Evans in the next round
Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles at the 2023 ATP Rio Open
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Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles edged out American Mackenzie McDonald 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) to move into the second round of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Thursday evening.
The victory marked the Spaniard’s first ever win at the Masters 1000 level, and he celebrated with gusto.
Zapata Miralles, ranked No 42, will play No 19 seed Daniel Evans next.
Madrid Masters, other first-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):
- Aslan Karatsev (Q) beat Laslo Djere: 7-6 (5), 7-5
- Dusan Lajovic beat Jason Kubler: 6-3, 6-3
- Andrea Vavassori (Q) beat Andy Murray: 6-2, 7-6 (7)
- Christopher O’Connell beat Filip Krajinovic: 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-2
- Marco Cecchinato (Q) beat Marton Fucsovics: 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Marcos Giron beat Nuno Borges: 6-2, 7-6 (7)
- Jan-Lennard Struff (LL) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-3, 6-1
- Pedro Cachin beat Abdullah Shelbayh (WC): 6-1, 6-4
- Cristian Garin beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Yosuke Watanuki (Q) beat Corentin Moutet: 6-3, 6-3
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Jurij Rodionov (Q): 7-6 (6), 6-4
- Alexander Shevchenko (Q) beat J.J. Wolf: 6-4, 6-4
- Dominic Thiem (WC) beat Kyle Edmund: 6-4, 6-1
- Roman Safiullin (Q) beat Nicolas Jarry: 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-4, 6-0
- Richard Gasquet beat Martin Landaluce (WC): 6-2, 6-1
- Thiago Monteiro beat Borna Gojo (Q): 7-6 (9), 4-6, 6-3
- Jaume Munar beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3)
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Ugo Humbert: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4)
- Matteo Arnaldi (Q) beat Benoit Paire (Q): 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (6)
- Oscar Otte beat Pavel Kotov (LL): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
- Hugo Grenier (Q) beat Diego Schwartzman: 7-5, 6-4
- Stan Wawrinka beat Maxime Cressy: 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Yannick Hanfmann (Q) beat Juan Pablo Varillas: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat David Goffin: 6-4, 6-4
- Alexander Bublik beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 7-6 (15), 6-7 (4), 6-4
- Quentin Halys beat Alexei Popyrin: 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Alex Molcan beat Yibing Wu: 6-2, 6-4
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas beat Ilya Ivashka: 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2
- Hugo Gaston (WC) beat Jeremy Chardy: 6-3, 6-4
- Gregoire Barrere beat Emilio Nava (WC): 6-0, 5-7, 6-3
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