Madrid Masters: Medjedovic moves into second round

Serb qualifier Hamad Medjedovic edged out American qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Thursday evening.

Medjedovic, ranked No 130, will face No 30 seed Jiri Lehecka next.

Madrid Masters 1000, other first-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.877.020, most recent results first):

• Dominik Koepfer vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Alex Michelsen vs. Joao Fonseca: thursday
• Rafael Nadal beat Darwin Blanch (WC): 6-1, 6-0
• Pavel Kotov beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-3, 6-2
• Jakub Mensik beat Yannick Hanfmann: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Roberto Bautista Agut (LL) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-1
• 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
• Max Purcell beat Marcos Giron: 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• 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