Miami Masters: McDonald books spot in second round

American Mackenzie McDonald won against Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan 6-4, 6-2 to move into the second round of the Miami Masters at the Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday evening.

The former UCLA Bruin improves to 7-0 in first-round matches in 2023 with his 13th win of the season.

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McDonald, ranked No 55, will play No 19 seed Matteo Berrettini next.

The Italian owns a 2-0 lifetime edge over McDonald with hard court wins against the California native in Auckland in 2019 and Naples last season.

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

• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Dominic Thiem
• Richard Gasquet vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Pavel Kotov vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Thiago Monteiro vs. Jason Kubler
• Gregoire Barrere vs. Roman Safiullin
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Zizou Bergs
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Benoit Paire: thursday
• Christopher Eubanks (Q) beat Denis Kudla: 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-0, 3-0 ret.
• Alex Molcan beat Jordan Thompson (Q): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
• Adrian Mannarino beat Juncheng Shang (WC): 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Cristian Garin (Q) beat Marcos Giron: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Jiri Lehecka beat Federico Coria: 6-3, 6-4
• Aleksandar Kovacevic (LL) beat Jaume Munar: 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-1
• Quentin Halys beat Pedro Martinez: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Emilio Nava (WC) beat John Isner: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
• Ugo Humbert beat Gael Monfils: 3-3 ret.
• Jan-Lennard Struff (Q) beat Fabio Fognini: 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
• Yibing Wu beat Kyle Edmund: 7-5, 7-5
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Nuno Borges (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Dusan Lajovic beat Andy Murray: 6-4, 7-5
• Ilya Ivashka beat Daniel Altmaier (Q): 6-2, 6-1
• J.J. Wolf beat Alexander Bublik: 7-5, 6-3
• Alexei Popyrin beat Mikael Ymer: 7-6 (5), 4-4 ret.
• Laslo Djere beat Aleksandar Vukic (Q): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• Guido Pella beat Juan Pablo Varillas: 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Marton Fucsovics beat Pedro Cachin: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• Facundo Bagnis beat Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (Q): 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
• Taro Daniel (WC) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 4-1 ret.
• Marc-Andrea Huesler beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Brandon Nakashima beat Oscar Otte: 7-6 (3), 6-3