Miami Masters: Monfils upsets Lehecka to reach third round

French veteran Gael Monfils edged out No 26 seed Jiri Lehecka 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (8) to move into the third round of the Miami Masters at the Hard Rock Stadium on Friday.

Monfils, ranked No 46, will face Spaniard Jaume Munar next.

Ahead of his win today, the 38-year-old Frenchman edged out Hungarian Fabian Marozsan (6-3, 3-6, 6-4).

Miami Masters 1000, other second-round matches (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 9,193,540):

• Stefanos Tsitsipas (9) beat Chun-Hsin Tseng (Q): 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Jaume Munar beat Daniil Medvedev (7): 6-2, 6-3
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli (LL) beat Alex Michelsen (32): 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-3
• Karen Khachanov (22) beat Nick Kyrgios: 7-6 (3), 6-0
• Grigor Dimitrov (14) beat Federico Cina (WC): 6-1, 6-4
• Casper Ruud (5) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (18) beat Tristan Schoolkate (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Lorenzo Musetti (15) beat Quentin Halys: 3-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Alex De Minaur vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Arthur Fils vs. Gabriel Diallo
• Zizou Bergs vs. Andrey Rublev
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Hugo Gaston
• Joao Fonseca vs. Ugo Humbert
• Jakub Mensik vs. Jack Draper
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Roman Safiullin
• Holger Rune vs. Reilly Opelka
• Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Taylor Fritz vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Tomas Machac
• Jordan Thompson vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
• Alexander Zverev vs. Jacob Fearnley
• Chak Lam Coleman Wong vs. Ben Shelton
• Adam Walton vs. Luciano Darderi
• David Goffin vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Alexander Bublik vs. Tommy Paul
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Sebastian Korda vs. Eliot Spizzirri
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Alexandre Muller
• Corentin Moutet vs. Alejandro Tabilo
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Novak Djokovic

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