Madrid Masters: Purcell makes second round, faces Korda next
The Aussie defeated American Marcos Giron 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) in the first round on Thursday
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Australian Max Purcell edged out American Marcos Giron 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) to advance to the second round of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Thursday.
Purcell, ranked No 80, will face No 25 seed Sebastian Korda next.
Madrid Masters 1000, other first-round matches (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7,877,020):
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-4, 6-1
- Thiago Monteiro (Q) beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-4, 6-3
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Richard Gasquet (Q): 6-2, 7-5
- Pedro Cachin beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-3, 6-3
- Tomas Machac beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
- Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Flavio Cobolli beat Alejandro Tabilo: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
- Denis Shapovalov beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Juncheng Shang (WC) beat Corentin Moutet (Q): 6-7 (9), 6-2, 7-6 (10)
- Lukas Klein (Q) beat Pablo Llamas Ruiz (Q): 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (4)
- Botic van de Zandschulp beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-3, 6-3
- Facundo Bagnis (Q) beat Brandon Nakashima (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Borna Coric beat Benjamin Hassan (Q): 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-3
- Jack Draper beat Thanasi Kokkinakis (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
- Fabian Marozsan beat Aslan Karatsev: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (2)
- Luciano Darderi beat Gael Monfils: 6-4, 6-2
- Luca Van Assche beat Zizou Bergs (WC): 6-4, 6-7, 6-1
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
- Daniel Altmaier beat Martin Landaluce (WC): 6-1, 7-5
- Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Roman Safiullin: 6-4, 6-4
- Jaume Munar beat Nuno Borges: 7-5, 6-4
- Mariano Navone beat Alexei Popyrin: 7-5, 6-2
- Taro Daniel beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-1
- Dominik Koepfer vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Darwin Blanch vs. Rafael Nadal
- Alex Michelsen vs. Joao Fonseca
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Pavel Kotov
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Yannick Hanfmann vs. Jakub Mensik
- Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
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