Indian Wells Masters: Goffin moves into second round

Belgian David Goffin advanced to the second round of the Indian Wells Masters by winning against Italian Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 7-5 on Thursday.

The win levels the head-to-head between the two players at 2-2 across all pro tour levels.

Goffin, ranked No 56, will play No 9 seed Alex De Minaur next.

Indian Wells Masters 1000, other first-round matches (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 13,042,410):

• Adam Walton (Q) beat Giulio Zeppieri (Q): 7-5, 6-1
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Nick Kyrgios
• Nuno Borges beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
• Hugo Gaston (Q) beat Luciano Darderi: 6-3, 6-3
• Gael Monfils beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-4, 6-4
• Matteo Gigante (Q) beat Sebastian Baez: 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
• Gabriel Diallo (LL) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7)
• Mackenzie McDonald (WC) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Jakub Mensik beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Jenson Brooksby beat Benjamin Bonzi: 1-6, 7-5, 7-5
• Joao Fonseca (WC) beat Jacob Fearnley: 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
• Rinky Hijikata beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-1, 6-3
• Yosuke Watanuki (Q) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Cameron Norrie beat Luca Nardi: 6-0, 6-3
• Corentin Moutet beat Jordan Thompson: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
• Zizou Bergs beat Ethan Quinn (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Marcos Giron beat Nikoloz Basilashvili (Q): 7-5, 7-6 (3)
• Roman Safiullin beat Reilly Opelka (WC): 7-5, 6-4
• Damir Dzumhur (Q) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (4)
• Colton Smith (Q) beat Flavio Cobolli: 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Fabian Marozsan beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-3, 6-2
• Yunchaokete Bu beat Nishesh Basavareddy (WC): 7-5, 6-4
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3
• Christopher O’Connell beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-3, 0-6, 6-1
• Tristan Boyer (WC) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Alexandre Muller: 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (6)
• Kei Nishikori beat Jaume Munar: 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (3)
• Quentin Halys vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Mariano Navone vs. Learner Tien
• Li Tu vs. Dusan Lajovic