Miami Masters: Gaston books spot in second round against Berrettini
Hugo Gaston benefited from the abandonment of Yoshihito Nishioka (6-4, 3-1) on Thursday. He’ll play No 29 seed Matteo Berrettini in the next round
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French lucky loser Hugo Gaston advanced to the second round of the Miami Masters when Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka retired on Thursday at the Hard Rock Stadium.
Gaston, ranked No 88, led 6-4, 3-1 when Nishioka, ranked No 68, pulled out at the Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday evening.
The Frenchman will play No 29 seed Matteo Berrettini next.
Miami Masters 1000, other first-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 9.193.540, most recent results first):
- Joao Fonseca vs. Learner Tien
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Jakub Mensik
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Mariano Navone
- Roman Safiullin vs. Jenson Brooksby
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Yibing Wu
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Gabriel Diallo vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Jordan Thompson vs. Marcos Giron
- Yunchaokete Bu vs. Cameron Norrie: thursday
- Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Luciano Darderi: thursday
- Chak Lam Coleman Wong vs. Daniel Altmaier: thursday
- Reilly Opelka beat Christopher Eubanks (WC): 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Zizou Bergs beat Nuno Borges: 7-6 (2), 7-5
- Thiago Agustin Tirante (Q) beat Flavio Cobolli: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
- Jacob Fearnley (Q) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-4
- Quentin Halys beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 6-3, 6-4
- Eliot Spizzirri (WC) beat Billy Harris (Q): 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-2
- Jaume Munar beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Alexandre Muller beat Rei Sakamoto (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-4, 6-4
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Christopher O’Connell (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
- Corentin Moutet beat Alexander Blockx (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Nick Kyrgios beat Mackenzie McDonald (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Camilo Ugo Carabelli (LL) beat Brandon Holt (Q): 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Federico Cina (WC) beat Francisco Comesana (Q): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2)
- Chun-Hsin Tseng (Q) beat Mattia Bellucci: 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Gael Monfils beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
- Tristan Schoolkate (Q) beat Ethan Quinn (Q): 6-0, 6-2
- Alexander Bublik beat Sebastian Baez: 6-3, 6-4
- David Goffin beat Aleksandar Vukic: 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Rinky Hijikata beat Hamad Medjedovic: 7-5, 3-6, 7-5
