Madrid Masters: Zapata Miralles moves into third round

Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles won against No 19 seed Daniel Evans 6-3, 6-2 to reach the third round of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Saturday.

Zapata Miralles, ranked No 42, will face Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin next.

In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, the Spaniard edged out American Mackenzie McDonald (3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)).

Madrid Masters, other second-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):

• Dominic Thiem vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Cameron Norrie
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Cristian Garin vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Pedro Cachin
• Taylor Fritz vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Sebastian Baez vs. Marcos Giron: saturday
• Alex De Minaur vs. Marco Cecchinato: saturday
• Dusan Lajovic beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (7): 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
• Aslan Karatsev (Q) beat Botic van de Zandschulp (23): 6-2, 7-5
• Roman Safiullin beat Tommy Paul (14): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Daniil Medvedev (2) beat Andrea Vavassori (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Alexander Shevchenko (Q) beat Jiri Lehecka (31): 6-1, 6-1
• Jan-Lennard Struff (LL) beat Ben Shelton (32): 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5
• Alexander Zverev (13) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-0
• Holger Rune (6) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (9)
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-3, 6-4
• Hubert Hurkacz (12) beat Richard Gasquet: 6-7 (9), 6-4, 7-5
• Hugo Grenier (Q) beat Sebastian Korda (22): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7)
• Borna Coric (17) beat Hugo Gaston (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Roberto Bautista Agut (20) beat Quentin Halys: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Karen Khachanov (10) beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov (26) beat Gregoire Barrere: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (2)
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Stan Wawrinka: 7-5, 6-4
• Yannick Hanfmann (Q) beat Lorenzo Musetti (15): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Daniel Altmaier (LL) beat Oscar Otte: 6-4, 7-5
• Jaume Munar beat Tallon Griekspoor (30): 7-6 (3) ret.
• Matteo Arnaldi (Q) beat Casper Ruud (3): 6-3, 6-4
• Yoshihito Nishioka (28) beat Alex Molcan: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4