Alcaraz kicks off Miami Open title defence with dominant win over Bagnis

Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the top seed, advanced to the third round of the Miami Masters by winning against Argentinian Facundo Bagnis 6-0, 6-2 at the Hard Rock Stadium on Friday evening.

Alcaraz, ranked No 1, will play the winner of the match between Serb Dusan Lajovic and American Maxime Cressy, the No 30 seed, next.

Bagnis, ranked No 100, edged out Brazilian qualifier Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (6-3, 1-6, 6-4) in the previous round of the Miami Open.

Miami Masters, other second-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):

• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Ben Shelton
• Karen Khachanov vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Gregoire Barrere vs. Cameron Norrie
• Daniel Evans vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Sebastian Baez vs. Cristian Garin
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Thiago Monteiro
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Alex Molcan
• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Alex De Minaur vs. Quentin Halys
• Richard Gasquet vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Borna Coric vs. Christopher Eubanks
• Taro Daniel vs. Alexander Zverev
• Casper Ruud vs. Ilya Ivashka
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Holger Rune
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Maxime Cressy
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Brandon Nakashima: friday
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Grigor Dimitrov: friday
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Ugo Humbert: friday
• Taylor Fritz (9) beat Emilio Nava (WC): 6-4, 6-1
• Tommy Paul (16) beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
• Botic van de Zandschulp (26) beat Alexei Popyrin: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Diego Schwartzman (31) beat Yibing Wu: 7-6 (1), 6-1
• Jannik Sinner (10) beat Laslo Djere: 6-4, 6-2
• Andrey Rublev (6) beat J.J. Wolf: 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Roberto Bautista Agut (22): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Denis Shapovalov (24) beat Guido Pella: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3