Madrid Masters: Garin reaches third round, plays Fritz next

Chilean Cristian Garin edged out Serb Miomir Kecmanovic, the No 27 seed, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 6-4 to move into the third round of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Saturday evening.

Garin, ranked No 73, will play American Taylor Fritz, the No 8 seed, next.

The Chilean beat Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler (7-6 (5), 6-2) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.

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

• Dominic Thiem vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Zhizhen Zhang: saturday
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Cameron Norrie: saturday
• Pedro Cachin beat Francisco Cerundolo (24): 6-1, 7-6 (6)
• Frances Tiafoe (9) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Taylor Fritz beat Christopher O’Connell: 7-6 (11), 6-4
• Sebastian Baez (25) beat Marcos Giron: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles beat Daniel Evans (19): 6-3, 6-2
• Alex De Minaur (16) beat Marco Cecchinato (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• 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 (Q) 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