Australia’s Hijikata sets up Djokovic clash in Miami

Australian Rinky Hijikata edged out Serb Hamad Medjedovic 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 to move into the second round of the Miami Masters at the Hard Rock Stadium on Wednesday.

Hijikata, ranked No 86, will play No 4 seed Novak Djokovic next.

Miami Masters 1000, other first-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 9.193.540, most recent results first):

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