Miami Masters: Safiullin beats Brooksby to reach second round

Russian Roman Safiullin advanced to the second round of the Miami Masters by winning against American Jenson Brooksby 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 at the Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday.

Safiullin, ranked No 71, will play No 25 seed Alexei Popyrin next.

Miami Masters 1000, other first-round matches (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 9,193,540):

• Lorenzo Sonego beat Mariano Navone: 7-5, 7-5
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Gabriel Diallo (LL) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 6-0
• Jordan Thompson beat Marcos Giron: 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Yunchaokete Bu beat Cameron Norrie: 6-4, 6-2
• Luciano Darderi beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-4, 6-1
• Chak Lam Coleman Wong (WC) beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-4, 6-3
• Hugo Gaston (LL) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-4, 3-1 ret.
• Reilly Opelka beat Christopher Eubanks (WC): 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Zizou Bergs beat Nuno Borges: 7-6 (2), 7-5
• Thiago Agustin Tirante (Q) beat Flavio Cobolli: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
• Jacob Fearnley (Q) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-4
• Quentin Halys beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 6-3, 6-4
• Eliot Spizzirri (WC) beat Billy Harris (Q): 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-2
• Jaume Munar beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Alexandre Muller beat Rei Sakamoto (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-4, 6-4
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Christopher O’Connell (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
• Corentin Moutet beat Alexander Blockx (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Nick Kyrgios beat Mackenzie McDonald (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli (LL) beat Brandon Holt (Q): 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Federico Cina (WC) beat Francisco Comesana (Q): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2)
• Chun-Hsin Tseng (Q) beat Mattia Bellucci: 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Gael Monfils beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Tristan Schoolkate (Q) beat Ethan Quinn (Q): 6-0, 6-2
• Alexander Bublik beat Sebastian Baez: 6-3, 6-4
• David Goffin beat Aleksandar Vukic: 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Rinky Hijikata beat Hamad Medjedovic: 7-5, 3-6, 7-5
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Jakub Mensik
• Joao Fonseca vs. Learner Tien
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Yibing Wu

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