Madrid Masters: Muller moves into second round after Goffin retirement
Alexandre Muller benefited from the abandonment of David Goffin (6-3, 3-6, 1-0) on Thursday and will face No 21 seed Ugo Humbert in the next round
Alexandre Muller – Chryslene Caillaud / Panoramic
Frenchman Alexandre Muller moved into the second round of the Madrid Masters when Belgian David Goffin retired at the Caja Mágica on Thursday.
Muller, ranked No 39, led 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 when Goffin, ranked No 49, pulled out at the Caja Mágica on Thursday.
The Frenchman will play No 21 seed Ugo Humbert 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
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Zizou Bergs vs. Gabriel Diallo
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Quentin Halys vs. Luciano Darderi
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Hamad Medjedovic: thursday
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Kei Nishikori: thursday
- Damir Dzumhur vs. Mattia Bellucci: thursday
- 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
