Madrid Masters: Nishikori through to second round
Kei Nishikori defeated Aleksandar Vukic 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on Thursday and will face No 29 seed Denis Shapovalov in the next round
Kei Nishikori (Zuma/PSNewz)
Japanese Kei Nishikori won against Australian Aleksandar Vukic 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Mágica on Thursday.
Nishikori, ranked No 64, will play No 29 seed Denis Shapovalov 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
- Quentin Halys vs. Luciano Darderi
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Zizou Bergs vs. Gabriel Diallo
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Hamad Medjedovic: thursday
- Damir Dzumhur vs. Mattia Bellucci: thursday
- Alexandre Muller beat David Goffin: 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 ret.
- 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
