Madrid Masters: Struff into second round after van de Zandschulp retirement

German Jan-Lennard Struff reached the second round of the Madrid Masters when Dutch lucky loser Botic van de Zandschulp retired at the Caja Mágica on Thursday.

Struff, ranked No 79, led 7-5, 2-6, 4-1 when Van De Zandschulp, ranked No 88, pulled out on Thursday at the Caja Mágica.

The 34-year-old German will play No 17 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas next.

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

• Yunchaokete Bu vs. Jacob Fearnley
• Reilly Opelka vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Learner Tien vs. Marcos Giron
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Vit Kopriva
• Joao Fonseca vs. Elmer Moller: thursday
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Borna Coric: thursday
• Martin Landaluce vs. Cameron Norrie: thursday
• Nicolas Jarry beat Daniel Altmaier (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Luciano Darderi beat Quentin Halys: 6-4, 6-4
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Gabriel Diallo (LL) beat Zizou Bergs: 6-1, 6-2
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Hamad Medjedovic: 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-4
• Kei Nishikori beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Damir Dzumhur beat Mattia Bellucci: 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Alexandre Muller beat David Goffin: 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 ret.
• 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