Miami Masters: Paul battles past Bublik to advance to third round

American Tommy Paul, the No 12 seed, edged out Kazakh Alexander Bublik 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 to move into the third round of the Miami Masters at the Hard Rock Stadium on Friday.

Paul, ranked No 13, will play Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 23 seed, next.

In the previous round of the event, Bublik, ranked No 80, beat Argentinian Sebastian Baez (6-3, 6-4).

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

• Francisco Cerundolo beat Alexandre Muller: 6-1, 6-2
• Sebastian Korda (24) beat Eliot Spizzirri (WC): 6-4, 6-2
• Brandon Nakashima (31) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
• Alejandro Tabilo (30) beat Corentin Moutet: 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
• Novak Djokovic (4) beat Rinky Hijikata: 6-0, 7-6 (1)
• Gael Monfils beat Jiri Lehecka (26): 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (8)
• 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

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