Madrid Masters: Muller moves into second round after Goffin retirement

Frenchman Alexandre Muller moved into the second round of the Madrid Masters when Belgian David Goffin retired at the Caja Mágica on Thursday.

Muller, ranked No 39, led 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 when Goffin, ranked No 49, pulled out at the Caja Mágica on Thursday.

The Frenchman will play No 21 seed Ugo Humbert next.

Madrid Masters 1000, other first-round results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 8.055.385, most recent results first):

• Reilly Opelka vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Yunchaokete Bu vs. Jacob Fearnley
• Joao Fonseca vs. Elmer Moller
• Learner Tien vs. Marcos Giron
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Vit Kopriva
• Martin Landaluce vs. Cameron Norrie
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Borna Coric
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Zizou Bergs vs. Gabriel Diallo
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Quentin Halys vs. Luciano Darderi
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Hamad Medjedovic: thursday
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Kei Nishikori: thursday
• Damir Dzumhur vs. Mattia Bellucci: thursday
• Flavio Cobolli beat Fabian Marozsan: 7-6 (4), 7-5
• Gael Monfils beat Borna Gojo (Q): 1-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Alexander Bublik beat Alex Michelsen: 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4)
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
• Laslo Djere beat Fabio Fognini (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Francisco Comesana beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-4, 6-4
• Sebastian Ofner beat Hugo Gaston (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Roberto Bautista Agut beat Jaume Munar: 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
• Ethan Quinn (Q) beat Dusan Lajovic (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Harold Mayot (Q) beat Corentin Moutet: 6-3, 4-2 ret.
• Nuno Borges beat Pablo Carreno Busta (WC): 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Benjamin Bonzi beat Marin Cilic (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Christopher O’Connell beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli: 6-3, 6-4
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Roman Safiullin: 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Federico Cina (WC) beat Chak Lam Coleman Wong (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Mariano Navone beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 6-4, 6-4