Miami: Monfils retires due to a wrist issue

Ugo Humbert advanced to the second round of the Miami Masters when Gael Monfils retired at the Hard Rock Stadium on Wednesday night.

Humbert, ranked No 78, led 3-3 when Monfils, ranked No 280, pulled out on Wednesday night at the Hard Rock Stadium.

Ugo Humbert will face No 29 seed Miomir Kecmanovic next.

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

• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Dominic Thiem
• Pavel Kotov vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Gregoire Barrere vs. Roman Safiullin
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Zizou Bergs
• Richard Gasquet vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Thiago Monteiro vs. Jason Kubler
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Benoit Paire
• Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
• Alex Molcan vs. Jordan Thompson
• Christopher Eubanks vs. Denis Kudla
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Juncheng Shang
• Marcos Giron vs. Cristian Garin
• Federico Coria vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Jaume Munar
• Pedro Martinez vs. Quentin Halys
• Emilio Nava vs. John Isner
• Fabio Fognini vs. Jan-Lennard Struff: wednesday
• 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