Alert – Madrid Masters: Rafael Nadal books spot in second round

Spaniard Rafael Nadal advanced to the second round of the Madrid Masters by defeating American wildcard Darwin Blanch 6-1, 6-0 at the Caja Magica on Thursday evening.

Rafael Nadal will face No 10 seed Alex De Minaur next.

Madrid Masters 1000, other first-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.877.020, most recent results first):

• Dominik Koepfer vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Alex Michelsen vs. Joao Fonseca: thursday
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Hamad Medjedovic: thursday
• Pavel Kotov beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-3, 6-2
• Jakub Mensik beat Yannick Hanfmann: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Roberto Bautista Agut (LL) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-1
• 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