Madrid Masters: Rinderknech reaches second round
Arthur Rinderknech beat Roman Safiullin 7-6 (4), 6-1 on Wednesday and will play No 14 seed Casper Ruud in the next round
Antoine Couvercelle / Panoramic
Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech won against Russian Roman Safiullin 7-6 (4), 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Mágica on Wednesday.
Rinderknech, ranked No 76, will play No 14 seed Casper Ruud 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
- 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
- Federico Cina (WC) beat Chak Lam Coleman Wong (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-1
- Mariano Navone beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 6-4, 6-4
