Miami Masters: Lucky loser Kovacevic upsets Munar to reach second round

American lucky loser Aleksandar Kovacevic won against Spaniard Jaume Munar 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-1 to reach the second round of the Miami Masters at the Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday evening.

Kovacevic, ranked No 102, will face No 25 seed Francisco Cerundolo 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
• Christopher Eubanks vs. Denis Kudla
• Alex Molcan vs. Jordan Thompson: thursday
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Juncheng Shang: thursday
• Marcos Giron vs. Cristian Garin: thursday
• Jiri Lehecka beat Federico Coria: 6-3, 6-4
• 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