Madrid Masters: Bublik advances to second round

Kazakh Alexander Bublik advanced to the second round of the Madrid Masters by winning against American Alex Michelsen 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4) at the Caja Mágica on Wednesday evening.

Bublik, ranked No 75, will face No 25 seed Alexei Popyrin 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
• Zizou Bergs vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Quentin Halys vs. Luciano Darderi
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Hamad Medjedovic
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Kei Nishikori
• Damir Dzumhur vs. Mattia Bellucci
• David Goffin vs. Alexandre Muller
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Flavio Cobolli: wednesday
• Gael Monfils vs. Borna Gojo: wednesday
• 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