Miami Masters: Wildcard Damm into third round as Paul retires with twisted ankle

Wildcard Martin Damm moved into the third round of the Miami Masters when No 13 seed Tommy Paul retired at the Hard Rock Stadium.

Damm, ranked No 204, led 4-6, 2-1 when Paul, ranked No 14, pulled out at the Hard Rock Stadium.

Martin Damm will play the winner of the match between Australian Christopher O’Connell and American Frances Tiafoe, the No 21 seed, next.

Damm won against Chinese Zhizhen Zhang (7-6 (2), 7-6 (3)) ahead of his victory.

Miami Masters 1000, other second-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 10.404.205, most recent results first):

• Martin Landaluce vs. Ben Shelton
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Holger Rune
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Alex De Minaur vs. SoonWoo Kwon
• Laslo Djere vs. Karen Khachanov
• Alexander Zverev vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Alejandro Tabilo
• Gael Monfils vs. Jordan Thompson
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Sebastian Ofner
• Daniel Evans vs. Christopher Eubanks
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Roman Safiullin
• Cameron Norrie vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Casper Ruud vs. Luca Van Assche
• Sebastian Korda vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Juncheng Shang vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Alexander Bublik vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Andy Murray vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Andrea Vavassori vs. Jannik Sinner
• Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Taylor Fritz: saturday
• Dominik Koepfer vs. Sebastian Baez: saturday
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Frances Tiafoe: saturday
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Alex Michelsen: saturday
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Jack Draper: saturday
• Ugo Humbert (14) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-4, 6-3
• Tomas Machac beat Andrey Rublev (5): 6-4, 6-4