Madrid Masters: Lucky loser Bautista Agut through to second round to face Khachanov
The Spaniard defeated Daniel Elahi Galan 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-1 on Thursday
Roberto Bautista-Agut – Madrid 2024
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Spanish lucky loser Roberto Bautista Agut won against Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Thursday.
Bautista Agut, a former top 10 player now ranked No 86, lost in the final round of qualifying but moved into the main draw as a result of withdrawals.
The former Madrid semi-finalist will play No 16 seed Karen Khachanov next.
Madrid Masters 1000, other first-round matches (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7,877,020):
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-3, 6-2
- Jakub Mensik beat Yannick Hanfmann: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-4, 6-1
- Thiago Monteiro (Q) beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-4, 6-3
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Richard Gasquet (Q): 6-2, 7-5
- Max Purcell beat Marcos Giron: 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Pedro Cachin beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-3, 6-3
- Tomas Machac beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
- Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Flavio Cobolli beat Alejandro Tabilo: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
- Denis Shapovalov beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Juncheng Shang (WC) beat Corentin Moutet (Q): 6-7 (9), 6-2, 7-6 (10)
- Lukas Klein (Q) beat Pablo Llamas Ruiz (Q): 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (4)
- Botic van de Zandschulp beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-3, 6-3
- Facundo Bagnis (Q) beat Brandon Nakashima (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Borna Coric beat Benjamin Hassan (Q): 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-3
- Jack Draper beat Thanasi Kokkinakis (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
- Fabian Marozsan beat Aslan Karatsev: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (2)
- Luciano Darderi beat Gael Monfils: 6-4, 6-2
- Luca Van Assche beat Zizou Bergs (WC): 6-4, 6-7, 6-1
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
- Daniel Altmaier beat Martin Landaluce (WC): 6-1, 7-5
- Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Roman Safiullin: 6-4, 6-4
- Jaume Munar beat Nuno Borges: 7-5, 6-4
- Mariano Navone beat Alexei Popyrin: 7-5, 6-2
- Taro Daniel beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-1
- Dominik Koepfer vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Darwin Blanch vs. Rafael Nadal
- Alex Michelsen vs. Joao Fonseca
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Pavel Kotov: thursday
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